3-drug chemotherapy combination increases organ preservation in patients with larynx cancer

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 16:14 in Health & Medicine

Patients with larynx cancer who received a three-drug combination of docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil (TPF) during induction chemotherapy were more likely to retain larynx function than were patients treated with cisplatin and 5-fluoruracil (PF) alone, according to data from a randomized controlled trial in the March 24 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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