Chemoradiation May Increase Survival for a Subset of Elderly Head and Neck Cancer Patients (University of Colorado Cancer Center)

The addition of chemotherapy (CT) to radiation therapy (RT) improves survival rates among a subset of elderly head and neck cancer patients, specifically those ages 71 to 79 with low comorbidity scores and advanced disease stage, according to University of Colorado Cancer Center research presented at the 2016 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. While previous research has demonstrated the efficacy of combining CT with RT to improve survival for HNSCC patients, this improvement had ...
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news