Induction chemotherapy with TPF (Docetaxel, Carboplatin and Fluorouracil) in the treatment of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

  • Authors:
    • J. D. Schultz
    • G. Bran
    • C. Anders
    • H. Sadick
    • A. Faber
    • K. Hörmann
    • A. Sauter
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  • Published online on: November 1, 2010     https://doi.org/10.3892/or_00000974
  • Pages: 1213-1216
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Abstract

Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) presents at a locally advanced (LA) stage in many patients. Chemotherapy, which is one fundamental therapy mode for local disease control of inoperable disease or if organ preservation is desired, has become an important factor of first line treatment regimens either during or prior to radiotherapy (RT). Patients with locoregionally advanced inoperable, recurrent or metastatic disease still have a poor prognosis, which enforces the need for new treatment approaches and new drug therapies, adjusted to the different settings of the disease. One innovative progress for this collective of patients with locally advanced tumor was the implementation of Docetaxel in chemotherapeutic regimes in optimal combination with concurrent chemoradiotherapy or in neoadjuvant setting of induction phase treatment. Docetaxel combined with the conventional chemotherapy regimen, containing Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil (TPF), is now acknowledged as being the gold standard of induction treatment. Various studies suggest survival advantage due to the induction chemotherapy (ICT) followed by chemoradiotherapy, which is known as sequential therapy, over chemoradiotherapy alone. In contrast to prevailing studies we administered Docetaxel, Carboplatin and 5-FU within the frame-work of induction chemotherapy instead of conventional use of Cisplatin for five patients with locoregionally advanced HNSCC. The clinical progress was evaluated through cross section imaging (computer tomography/MRI) prior and after ICT and classified following the RECIST criteria. Due to a very small collective of patient and the administration of Carboplatin instead of Cisplatin in this study, it was not possible to document the the efficacy of ICT (TPF) concerning survival advantage in patient with locoregionally advanced head and neck tumors. Further studies with an extended collective of patients are neccessary.

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Schultz JD, Bran G, Anders C, Sadick H, Faber A, Hörmann K and Sauter A: Induction chemotherapy with TPF (Docetaxel, Carboplatin and Fluorouracil) in the treatment of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck . Oncol Rep 24: 1213-1216, 2010
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Schultz, J.D., Bran, G., Anders, C., Sadick, H., Faber, A., Hörmann, K., & Sauter, A. (2010). Induction chemotherapy with TPF (Docetaxel, Carboplatin and Fluorouracil) in the treatment of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck . Oncology Reports, 24, 1213-1216. https://doi.org/10.3892/or_00000974
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Schultz, J. D., Bran, G., Anders, C., Sadick, H., Faber, A., Hörmann, K., Sauter, A." Induction chemotherapy with TPF (Docetaxel, Carboplatin and Fluorouracil) in the treatment of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck ". Oncology Reports 24.5 (2010): 1213-1216.
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Schultz, J. D., Bran, G., Anders, C., Sadick, H., Faber, A., Hörmann, K., Sauter, A." Induction chemotherapy with TPF (Docetaxel, Carboplatin and Fluorouracil) in the treatment of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck ". Oncology Reports 24, no. 5 (2010): 1213-1216. https://doi.org/10.3892/or_00000974