TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiotherapy plus Chemotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
AU - Morgan, David A.l.
AU - Mendenhall, William M.
AU - Parsons, James T.
AU - Michalski, Jeff
AU - Emami, Bahman
AU - Merlano, Marco
AU - Benasso, Marco
AU - Corvo, Renzo
PY - 1993/2/25
Y1 - 1993/2/25
N2 - To the Editor: In a randomized, controlled trial, Merlano et al. (Oct. 15 issue)1 present data showing improved overall survival and progression-free survival among patients with advanced head and neck cancer treated by alternating radiotherapy and chemotherapy as compared with radiotherapy alone. Before this finding can be regarded as proof that combined treatment is superior to radiotherapy alone, an explanation of why the patients treated only with radiotherapy fared so badly is essential. Published data suggest that radiotherapy is capable of giving much better results, even in patients with advanced lesions. Merlano et al. do not directly compare data on…
AB - To the Editor: In a randomized, controlled trial, Merlano et al. (Oct. 15 issue)1 present data showing improved overall survival and progression-free survival among patients with advanced head and neck cancer treated by alternating radiotherapy and chemotherapy as compared with radiotherapy alone. Before this finding can be regarded as proof that combined treatment is superior to radiotherapy alone, an explanation of why the patients treated only with radiotherapy fared so badly is essential. Published data suggest that radiotherapy is capable of giving much better results, even in patients with advanced lesions. Merlano et al. do not directly compare data on…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199302253280812
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199302253280812
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8489586
AN - SCOPUS:1642544593
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 328
SP - 579
EP - 580
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 8
ER -