Combination of chemotherapy with radiotherapy: review of previous studies and new perspectives
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Combination of chemotherapy with radiotherapy: review of previous studies and new perspectives
Abstract
A review is made of the effectiveness of various combinations of radio- and chemotherapy in head and neck cancers and it is suggested that cisplatin combined with radiotherapy is likely to produce the most favourable results.
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