Concurrent radiotherapy and triweekly carboplatin for the definitive treatment of locally advanced laryngeal carcinoma
American Journal of Clinical Oncology Jun 01, 2018
Lu SM, et al. - Researchers report their experience and outcomes with a definitive concurrent chemoradiation regimen ie, triweekly carboplatin (tCb) area under the curve (AUC) 5 with concurrent radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced laryngeal carcinoma (LALC), given tCb AUC 5 was adopted as an alternative to high-dose cisplatin (100 mg/m2) for select patients receiving definitive concurrent chemoradiation for LALC in 2003 at authors' institution. With tolerable toxicity, acceptable outcomes were offered by tCb AUC 5 with concurrent radiotherapy in patients with LALC who were suboptimal candidates for high-dose cisplatin.
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