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What is your preferred radiation sensitizing regimen for cisplatin-ineligible patients with locally advanced unresectable p16+ tonsil SCCa?

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Medical Oncology · University of Michigan Medical School

If patients are not candidates for cisplatin therapy, I personally would consider a carboplatin-based regimen before considering anything else. If the patient's creatinine clearance is > 30 cc/min, I might give Carboplatin (AUC 6) for a T4 or N3 (Stage III) unresectable tumor. Since p16+ tumors do s...

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