title: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for inoperable head and neck cancer: the LSU-Shreveport experience.
abstract: A retrospective review of 8 years of treatment in 2 hospitals in Shreveport showed that neoadjuvant chemotherapy with radiotherapy was performed in 39 patients with inoperable, locally advanced head and neck cancer. Twenty-two individuals treated by definitive radiotherapy alone served as historical controls. The cumulative survival rate at 4 years was 34% in patients managed by neoadjuvant chemotherapy with radiotherapy and 7% in patients treated by radiotherapy only. With the exception of greater acute toxicity seen in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy with radiotherapy, differences in locoregional failure, distant metastasis, and late complication rates were not observed between the patient groups.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiation Oncology, LSU School of Medicine-Shreveport.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Ampil
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011867:Radioisotope Teletherapy; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes