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ArticleClinical Medicine Insights. Oncology2015

Cisplatin, cetuximab, and radiation in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell cancer: a retrospective review.

Prakash Peddi, Runhua Shi, Binu Nair, Fred Ampil, Glenn M Mills, Syed H Jafri

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Article in Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Comparative efficacy and safety of radiotherapy/cetuximabTherapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2020
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  5. Incidence of second primary cancers after radiotherapy combined with platinum and/or cetuximab in head and neck cancer patients.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2019
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  8. Retrospective evaluation of concomitant cetuximab and radiotherapy tolerance for locoregional advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treatment in patients unfit for platinum-based chemotherapy.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2017
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  11. A comparison of concurrent cisplatin versus cetuximab with radiotherapy in locally-advanced head and neck cancer: A bi-institutional analysis.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Prakash PeddiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Louisiana State University Health, Shreveport, LA, USA. ; Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Runhua ShiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Louisiana State University Health, Shreveport, LA, USA. ; Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Binu NairDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Louisiana State University Health, Shreveport, LA, USA. ; Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Fred AmpilDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Louisiana State University Health, Shreveport, LA, USA. ; Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Glenn M MillsDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Louisiana State University Health, Shreveport, LA, USA. ; Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Syed H JafriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficacy of cisplatin versus cetuximab with radiation in locally advanced head and neck cancer (LAHNC) was evaluated. A total of 96 patients with newly diagnosed LAHNC treated at our institution between 2006 and 2011 with concurrent radiation and cisplatin (group A, n = 45), cetuximab (group B, n = 24), or started with cisplatin but switched to cetuximab because of toxicity (group C, n = 27) were reviewed. Chi-square test, analysis of variance, and log-rank test were used for analysis. The three groups had similar baseline characteristics, except for median age, T stage, albumin levels, hemoglobin levels, performance status, and comorbidities. A complete response (CR) was seen in 77%, 17%, and 67% of patients (P < 0.001), respectively. There was no significant difference in median overall survival (OS) between groups A and C. The median OS for groups A and C was not reached (>65 months), even though it was significantly longer than median OS for group B (11.6 months; P ≤ 0.001). The 2-year OS in groups A and C is significantly higher than that in group B (70% for groups A and C, 22% for group B). There is no significant difference in progression-free survival (PFS) between groups A and C. The median PFS for these groups was not reached (>62 months), and is significantly longer than that for group B (4.3 months; P ≤ 0.001). The 2-year PFS of group A (67%) and group C (76%) was significantly longer than that of group B (20%). Cisplatin with radiation appears to be more efficacious even in suboptimal dosing than cetuximab with radiation in LAHNC but the two groups were not well matched.

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cetuximabcisplatinhead and neck canceroverall survivalradiation therapy

Identifiers

PMID25628515
PMCPMC4283547
OpenAlexW2072571747

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