Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in T2N0 Glottic Cancer: Does Chemotherapy Improve Local Control?

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Purpose: To compare concurrent chemoradiotherapy with radiotherapy in T2N0 glottic cancer. Materials and Methods: Thirty nine patients were treated with radiotherapy alone. In detail, 30 patients treated between 1985 and 1995, and 9 patients treated between 1995 and 2010 were included in the radiotherapy alone group. Between 1995 and 2010, 22 patients were treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Conventional fractionation was applied in 19 patients in the radiotherapy group and in 1 patient in the chemoradiotherapy group. Hyperfractionation was applied to 20 patients in the radiotherapy group and to 21 patients in the chemoradiotherapy group. Total dose ranged from 64 Gy to 76.8 Gy in the radiotherapy group and from 66 Gy to 76.8 Gy in the chemoradiotherapy group. Cisplatin or carboplatin was administered in the chemoradiotherapy group. Results: There were no differences in the 5-year preservation rate of vocal function (82.8% vs 87.4%, p = 0.652), local control rate (77.2% vs 92.9%, p = 0.163), and 5-year overall survival rate (86.4% vs 90.2%, p = 0.497) between the radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy groups. Conclusion: In T2N0 glottic cancer, no difference was observed between radiotherapy alone and concurrent chemoradiotherapy groups.

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T. Kosugi, K. Suzuki, K. Konishi, H. Nonaka and H. Mineta, "Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in T2N0 Glottic Cancer: Does Chemotherapy Improve Local Control?," Journal of Cancer Therapy, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2013, pp. 513-517. doi: 10.4236/jct.2013.42063.

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