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Table 2 Cisplatin Dose Intensity

From: 3-weekly or weekly cisplatin concurrently with radiotherapy for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck – a multicentre, retrospective analysis

 

3-weekly Cisplatin

Weekly Cisplatin

p-value

Median cumulative cisplatin dose

200 mg/m2

160 mg/m2

< 0.001

Cumulative dose ≥200 mg2

96 (75.6%)

88 (47.1%)

< 0.001

Dose reduction

6 (4.7%)

11 (5.8%)

 

Change to other chemotherapy

33 (25.9%)

35 (18.7%)