Science news articles about 'induction chemotherapy'

... for alternating chemotherapy and radiotherapy over traditional cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil induction chemotherapy in hypopharynx cancer," the editorialists write. "More effective and less toxic ...

... larynx and hypopharynx cancer in a randomized controlled trial. Patients received induction chemotherapy with either TPF or PF. Those who responded to chemotherapy underwent subsequent radiation ...

... who received a three-drug combination of docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil during induction chemotherapy were more likely to retain larynx function than were patients treated with cisplatin and ...

... Further study is planned Komaki said further study is needed, possibly including a cycle of induction chemotherapy before concurrent treatment. Improved systemic treatment and staging work-ups are ...

... of younger adult patients with newly diagnosed AML will enter a CR1 after initial (induction) chemotherapy, a substantial number subsequently experience disease relapse, according to background ...

... people with T4 disease were enrolled in the two studies. Eighty-one percent responded to the induction chemotherapy and many saw their tumors shrink completely. After three years, 78 percent of the ...