Chemoradiation may increase survival for a subset of elderly head and neck cancer patients

Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

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, report investigators.

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