oncology; radiation therapy; cancer chemotherapy; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; head and neck cancer; chemotherapy results; logistic discriminant analysis; treatment selection; cure without surgery; oncologie; radiothérapie oncologie; chimiothérapie anti-cancéreuse; chimiothérapie néoadjuvante; cancers de la tête et du cou; résultats de la chimiothérapie; analyse logistique discriminante; choix du traitement; guérison sans chirurgie
Abstract :
[en] Untreated head and neck cancer patients ( mainly advanced stages) received a neoadjuvant low dose chemotherapy before exclusive irradiation. Logistic discriminant analysis shows that the magnitude of chemotherapy response is the prominent parameter of final tumour control. Calculation of probability of complete disease clearance can select cases curable without mutilating surgery.
Disciplines :
Oncology
Author, co-author :
Deneufbourg, Jean-Marie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Radiothérapie
Language :
English
Title :
Selection of radiocurable head and neck cancers according to the degree of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Publication date :
November 1990
Journal title :
Annals of Oncology
ISSN :
0923-7534
eISSN :
1569-8041
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
Special issue title :
Abstracts of XV Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology Copenhagen DK December 2-5 1990
