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Chemotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: an overview
1Dept of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.
Abstract:
Chemotherapy is being utilized to treat patients with recurrent tumors and advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Current treatment modalities utilized include intra-arterial chemotherapy, simultaneous and sequential chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Each of these modes of treatment, as well as pharmacology of squamous cell-active chemotherapeutic agents, will be addressed in this review.