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Table 1 chemotherapy protocols

From: Comparative effectiveness trial of transoral head and neck surgery followed by adjuvant radio(chemo)therapy versus primary radiochemotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer (TopROC)

Option

Treatment

Days of treatment

Annotation

1

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 i.v.

Days 1, 22 and 43

 

2

Cisplatin 30 − 40 mg/m2 i.v.

Weekly

(days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and 36)

 

3

Mitomycin C 10 mg/m2 i.v.

5-FU 600 mg/m2/day i.v.

Days 1, 29

Days 1–5

Only in case of GFR < 60 ml/min

4

Cisplatin 20 mg/m2 i.v.

5-FU 600 mg/m2/day i.v.

Days 1–5 and 29–33

Days 1–5 and 29–33