title: Radiation therapy alone or with concurrent low-dose daily either cisplatin or carboplatin in locally advanced unresectable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a prospective randomized trial.
abstract: Between January 1988 and December 1991, 159 patients with Stage III/IV (M0) squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck were randomized to receive standard fraction RT (70 Gy) (group I) or the same RT plus either 6 mg/m2 of cisplatin (CDPP) (group II) or 25 mg/ m2 of carboplatin (CBDCA) both given daily during RT (group III). Patients in groups II and III had significantly higher overall response rates then those in group I (P = 0.011 and P = 0.0025, respectively) with no difference between groups II and III (P = 0.60). They also had significantly longer median survival time (MST) and higher 5-year survival rates than those in group I (MST, 32 months (32%) and 30 months (29%) versus 16 months (15%), respectively; P = 0.011 and P = 0.019, respectively), with no difference between the two RT/CHT groups. Median time to local recurrence (MTLR) and 5-year local recurrence-free survival (LRFS) were significantly higher for both RT/CHT when compared to RT alone (MTLR, not attained yet and 30 months versus 10 months, respectively; 5-year LRFS, 51% and 48% versus 27%, respectively; P = 0.018 and P = 0.040, respectively) with no difference between the two RT/CHT groups. There was no difference between the three treatment groups regarding regional lymph node and distant metastasis control. Apart from acute high grade (> or =3) hematological toxicity that was significantly more frequent in the two RT/CHT groups and no different between the two RT/CHT groups, other acute high grade toxicity was similar between the three treatment groups. Late high grade toxicity was infrequent and similar between the three treatment groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Kragujevac, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jeremic
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibamoto
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stanisavljevic
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Milojevic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milicic
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikolic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin