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Definite radiation and concomitant Cisplatin administration in locally advanced head and neck cancer

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Cancer Treatment An Update

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The prognosis of patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer (HNC) is generally poor. Despite mutilating surgery and/or radical irradiation, 50–60 % of patients recur within 2 years and an additional 20–30 % develop distant metastases [1].

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  1. AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece

    G. Fountzilas, D. Skarlos, P. Kosmidis, E. Samantas, J. Tzitzikas, P. Makrantonakis, P. Pantelakos, A. Nicolaou, H. Bacoyiannis, M. Sinodinou, P. Papaspyrou, C. Banis, A. Vritsios & J. Daniilidis

  2. Agii Anargiri, Cancer Hospital, Athens, Greece

    G. Fountzilas, D. Skarlos, P. Kosmidis, E. Samantas, J. Tzitzikas, P. Makrantonakis, P. Pantelakos, A. Nicolaou, H. Bacoyiannis, M. Sinodinou, P. Papaspyrou, C. Banis, A. Vritsios & J. Daniilidis

  3. Evangelismos, Hospital, Athens, Greece

    G. Fountzilas, D. Skarlos, P. Kosmidis, E. Samantas, J. Tzitzikas, P. Makrantonakis, P. Pantelakos, A. Nicolaou, H. Bacoyiannis, M. Sinodinou, P. Papaspyrou, C. Banis, A. Vritsios & J. Daniilidis

  4. Metaxa, Cancer Hospital, Piraeous, Greece

    G. Fountzilas, D. Skarlos, P. Kosmidis, E. Samantas, J. Tzitzikas, P. Makrantonakis, P. Pantelakos, A. Nicolaou, H. Bacoyiannis, M. Sinodinou, P. Papaspyrou, C. Banis, A. Vritsios & J. Daniilidis

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  1. Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Vellefaux, 75475, Paris Cedex 10, France

    P. Banzet

  2. The Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1 G. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029-6574, USA

    J. F. Holland

  3. Service d’Oncologie Médicale, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière Pavillon Jacquart, 47, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France

    D. Khayat

  4. Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière Pavillon Jacquart, 47, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France

    M. Weil

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Fountzilas, G. et al. (1994). Definite radiation and concomitant Cisplatin administration in locally advanced head and neck cancer. In: Banzet, P., Holland, J.F., Khayat, D., Weil, M. (eds) Cancer Treatment An Update. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0765-2_60

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