title: [Current status of chemotherapy of tumors of the head and neck].
abstract: The literature regarding chemotherapy of cervico-facial tumours is reviewed. Owing to its modest, short-lived results intra-arterial treatment has been largely abandoned even in the case of serious complications. It is only used in selected cases as a preparation for subsequent surgical and/or radiation therapy. General, one-drug cytostatic therapy has been given fair results with objective remissions varying from 7.5 to 58%. In recent years polychemotherapy has proved more effective with remissions of from 30 to 80%. There are too few data on the polychemotherapy-immunotherapy association to draw valid conclusions.
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
vernacular_title: Stato attuale della chemioterapia nei tumori testa e collo.