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Article: Radiation, Chemotherapy Help Save Voice Box For Cancer Patients, National RTOG Study Finds.
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- May 11, 2001
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Combining chemotherapy and radiation treatment at the same time offers patients with advanced cancer of the larynx better hope of preserving their voice, according to a Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) eight-year study. The findings are to be presented during the plenary session of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting on May 14, 2001.
"Our study shows that giving chemotherapy and radiation together is more effective in preserving the voice box than giving chemotherapy and radiation sequentially," ...