A randomized study of accelerated fractionation radiotherapy with and without mitomycin C in the treatment of locally advanced head and neck cancer.

Abstract

There was a trend for improvement of LC and OS rates with the use of AF and the addition of MMC to AF compared to CF radiotherapy, although the difference was not statistically significant. The small number of the patients in each treatment arm and the inclusion of multiple tumor sites may contribute to these statistically insignificant results. Accordingly we advise 85 to continue the trial with inclusion of a larger number of patients and restrict tumor sites to one major site.