Recent advances in chemotherapy for head and neck cancers

• Main Authors: Uma C Sambargi (Author), D R Mahesh (Author), Anuradha Pai (Author), Prathima Maligi (Author), B K Ramanarayan (Author), C J Sanjay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Systemic chemotherapy is increasingly being used with radiotherapy for the radical treatment of advanced head and neck cancers. Chemotherapy offers modest benefits in the metastatic setting. Platinum containing agents are the most active drugs and form the mainstay of most chemotherapy schedules. In...