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Head and Neck Cancers • Medical Oncology
What cisplatin regimen do you prefer with adjuvant radiation in oropharyngeal SCC that is pT4N2 after surgery and bilateral neck dissection?
Is there data for weekly versus every 3 week cisplatin in this setting?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
If this cancer was HPV positive, perhaps the patient would have been better off not having surgery.
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
Cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy continues to be the standard. I personally use 100 mg/m2 every 3 weeks, since it’s the only regimen with randomized phase 3 data. However, I think there is likely no difference on the outcome when using 40 mg/m2 weekly in the adjuvant setting if the dose inten...
Thanks. I saw the Cooper study from 2004 using 3 w...