Friday, 3 January 2014

Surgery beats chemotherapy for tongue cancer, U-M study finds

Patients with tongue cancer who started their treatment with a course of chemotherapy fared significantly worse than patients who received surgery first, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Chinn SB, et al. Efficacy of Induction Selection Chemotherapy vs Primary Surgery for Patients With Advanced Oral Cavity Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Dec 26. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24370563

No comments:

Post a Comment