Advanced head and neck cancer treated by combined radiotherapy and VBM cytotoxic regimen?four-year results

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Abstract
The 4 yr results of treatment of advanced squamous cell cancer of the head and neck regions by radiotherapy combined with a cytoxic regimen VBM (vincristine, bleomycin and methotrexate) given synchronously are compared with those obtained with radiotherapy alone in similar patients. There was a statistically significant improvement in the results of the combined treatment at 4 yr in terms of crude survival rate (56.1% vs. 24.5%) and disease free survival rate (56.5% vs. 21.8%). Both groups are examined for general prognostic features which might account for the difference. In the absence of such features it must be concluded that the addition of VBM to radiotherapy has produced a marked therapeutic improvement.