Purpose: To study the medium or long-term survival rates of different methods used in the treatment of advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillary sinus (SCMS).
Methods: Patients were treated by one of the following methods: 231 patients were treated with induction chemotherapy, followed by radical resection and radiotherapy (CSR); 128 patients were treated with preoperative irradiation (RS), and 87 patients underwent adjuvant radiotherapy (RSR). A total of 446 cases of SCMS from June 1985 to December 2008 were managed with unscheduled application of the above 3 kinds of treatment options.
Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue
April 2014
Purpose: To observe and evaluate the clinical features and treatment strategies of IV myelosuppression after induction chemotherapy of oral mucosa squamous cell carcinoma under conventional dosage.
Methods: Twenty-nine patients of oral mucosa squamous cell carcinoma pathologically diagnosed between 2006 and 2012 were enrolled into this study. The patients received induction chemotherapy with docetaxel-cisplatin-5-fluorouracil (TPF) and suffered from grade IV myelosuppression.