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Comparison of weekly administration of cisplatin versus three courses of cisplatin 100 mg/m2 for definitive radiochemotherapy of locally advanced head-and-neck cancers

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Title
Comparison of weekly administration of cisplatin versus three courses of cisplatin 100 mg/m2 for definitive radiochemotherapy of locally advanced head-and-neck cancers
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BMC Cancer, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12885-016-2478-8
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Dirk Rades, Daniel Seidl, Stefan Janssen, Amira Bajrovic, Katarina Karner, Primoz Strojan, Steven E Schild

Abstract

To compare definitive radiochemotherapy with weekly administration of 30-40 mg/m(2) of cisplatin to 100 mg/m(2) of cisplatin on days 1, 22 and 43 for outcomes and toxicity in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head-and-neck. Seventy-five patients receiving radiochemotherapy with weekly cisplatin (30-40 mg/m(2)) were compared to 58 patients receiving radiochemotherapy with 100 mg/m(2) cisplatin on days 1, 22 and 43. Radiochemotherapy regimen plus seven characteristics (age, gender, performance score, tumor site, T-/N-category, histologic grading) were evaluated for locoregional control (LRC), metastases-free survival (MFS) and overall survival (OS). Radiochemotherapy groups were compared for toxicity. On multivariate analysis, improved LRC was associated with cisplatin 100 mg/m(2) (hazard ratio [HR] 1.57; p = 0.008) and female gender (HR 4.37; p = 0.003). Radiochemotherapy regimen was not significantly associated with MFS on univariate analysis (p = 0.66). On multivariate analysis, better MFS was associated with ECOG performance score 0-1 (HR 5.63; p < 0.001) and histological grade 1-2 (HR 1.81; p = 0.002). On multivariate analysis, improved OS was associated with cisplatin 100 mg/m(2) (HR 1.33; p = 0.023), ECOG performance score 0-1 (HR 2.15; p = 0.029) and female gender (HR 1.98; p = 0.026). Cisplatin 100 mg/m(2) was associated with higher rates of grade ≥3 hematotoxicity (p = 0.004), grade ≥2 renal failure (p = 0.004) and pneumonia/sepsis (p = 0.033). Radiochemotherapy with 100 mg/m(2) of cisplatin every 3 weeks resulted in better LRC and OS than weekly doses of 30-40 mg/m(2). Given the limitations of a retrospective study, 100 mg/m(2) of cisplatin appears preferable. Since this regimen was associated with considerable acute toxicity, patients require close monitoring.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 5 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 12%
Researcher 3 9%
Student > Postgraduate 3 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 5 15%
Unknown 11 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 39%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 12%
Social Sciences 2 6%
Mathematics 1 3%
Unknown 13 39%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 August 2016.
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#7,428,807
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#2,045
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#124,226
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Cancer
#44
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