[Cisplatin, vindesine and hyaluronidase combined with simultaneous radiotherapy of advanced head and neck tumors].

In a prospective pilot study 21 patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck were treated with polychemotherapy and Hyaluronidase combined with radiation. With the exception of one patient, who refused laryngectomy, all patients were inoperable. Chemotherapy consisted of 5 mg Vindesine on day 1 and 80 mg/m2 Cisplatin on day 2.

[Collaborative report on "Therapy of bronchial carcinoma from the radiotherapist's viewpoint"].

The paper refers to the radiotherapy treatment of patients with operated or non-operable bronchial carcinoma. The operated group includes patients with pneumonectomy and lobectomy with histological positive lymphnodes in hilum and/or mediastinum. These patients all had a curative radiotherapy with a 50 Gy radiation dose on mediastinum, hilum and the supraclavicular area.