Chemotherapy is a treatment for head and neck cancer that uses powerful drugs to attack cancer cells. Often chemotherapy drugs are given before or during radiation to improve the effectiveness of care ...

Head and neck cancer is best managed in a multidisciplinary setting. Surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and, more recently, biologic therapy are often employed in various combinations in an ...

The role of induction chemotherapy remains to be defined in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancers. For patients with resected disease and positive margins or extracapsular nodal ...

Cytopenia is the most common reason for cisplatin treatment interruption in head and neck cancer patients. Close monitoring of p16-negative patients is essential due to their generally poorer ...