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The combination of cisplatin (CDDP 100 mg/m2 on day 1) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU 1,000 mg/m2 continuous intravenous (i.v.) infusion days 1-5) is the most widely used chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of advanced head and neck carcinomas, with a response rate of 70-90% but with a survival and a duration of response which are not impressive. Most patients relapse in < or = 2 years and die of cancer. We evaluated the activity of a CDDP (90 mg/m2 on day 1), 5-FU (900 mg/m2/120 h continuous i.v. infusion from day 1), and mitomycin C (MMC 6 mg/m2 on day 1) regimen in advanced or recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Fifty-six patients were treated and evaluated for response and toxicity: 5 (9%) complete responses (CR) and 36 (64%) partial responses, (PR) were observed (response rate 73%). The median duration of response was 12 months, and median survival was 15 months. At a median follow-up of 14 months, the estimated overall survival at 1 year was 65%; at 2 years, it was 35%. Grade 3-4 toxicity was noted in 14 patients, mostly hematologic; overall toxicity required a dose-intensity decrease in 20.2% of all cycles. No treatment-related deaths occurred. The regimen showed a good response rate and an encouraging median duration of response with a good tolerability profile.
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