Efficacy of multidrug superselective intra-arterial chemotherapy (docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil) using the Seldinger technique for tongue cancer

Abstract

In terms of the primary response of primary tumor, 43 patients achieved a clinical complete response (CR). Moreover, in these patients no cancer cells were histopathologically found by biopsy, resulting in a response rate of 100% and a CR rate of 95.6%. During the median follow-up period of 1779 days (59 months) (range 110-3752 days), the 5-year survival rate and organ preservation rate were 89.8% and 80.7%, respectively.