2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

Conclusions chemotherapy  ‐ • The addition of chemotherapy to standard RT  provides a significant survival benefit in  i i h C pat ents w t NP . • This benefit is essentially observed when  chemotherapy is administered concomitantly  with RT.  • The role of induction chemotherapy is  questionable – trials w/ new drugs are ongoing • Adjuvant chemotherapy after  chemoradiotherapy has been questioned