Definitive chemoradiotherapy for squamous head and neck cancer: cisplatin versus carboplatin? A meta-analysis.

Aim: Concomitant chemoradiotherapy (with cisplatin or carboplatin) is an option of definitive treatment for squamous head and neck cancer. We aimed to perform a meta-analysis comparing those two platinum agents.

Materials & Methods: We carried out a systematic search on English literature between 1990 and 17 April 2015 according to the Cochrane review guidelines.