Concurrent chemoradiotherapy with new platinum compound nedaplatin in oral cancer.

Eleven patients with oral cancer were treated with the new platinum agent, nedaplatin, and 5-fluorouracil and simultaneous radiation therapy. The regimen was of 5 days' duration: 5-fluorouracil 400-500 mg/m(2) (days 1-5), nedaplatin 80-90 mg/m(2) (day 4), and a total radiation dose of 8-10 Gy (days 1-5). Of the 11 patients, 4 (36.