Is taxane/platinum/5 fluorouracil superior to taxane/platinum alone and does docetaxel trump paclitaxel in induction therapy for locally advanced oral cavity cancers.
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2015-01
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BACKGROUND: Cisplatin and 5 fluorouracil drug combination is inferior to the combination of taxane with these 2 drugs. However, often in clinical
practice at our center giving TPF (docetaxel, cisplatin, 5 fluorouracil) is difficult in view of logistics and tolerance issues. In such a scenario, we
prefer to use the 2 drugs combination of platinum and taxane. However, no study has addressed whether a 2 drugs combination, which includes
taxane is inferior to the 3 drugs combination and which the taxane of choice is in the 2 drugs combination of taxane and platinum. METHODS: This
is a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of patients undergoing induction chemotherapy (IC) in oral cavity cancers from 2010
to 2012. We chose for analysis those patients who had a baseline scan done within 4 weeks of starting therapy and a follow‑up scan done
within 2 weeks of completion of the second cycle of IC. Response was scored in accordance with RECIST version 1.1. Chi‑square analysis was
done to compare response rates (RRs) between regimens. RESULTS: Two hundred and forty‑five patients were identified. The median age was
45 years (24–70 years), 208 (84.9%) were male patients, and 154 patients (62.9%) had primary in the Buccal mucosa. The regimens received were
TPF 22 (9%), docetaxel + cisplatin 97 (39.6%), paclitaxel + cisplatin 89 (36.3%), docetaxel + carboplatin 16 (6.5%) and paclitaxel + carboplatin
21 (8.6%). The overall RRs were complete response, partial response, stable disease and progressive disease in 4 (1.6%), 56 (22.9%), 145 (59.2%)
and 40 (16.3%). The 3 drugs regimen (TPF) had 50% RR as compared to 22% RR with 2 drugs regimen (P = 0.004). Docetaxel containing regimens
had 30.3% RR as compared to 17.2% RR with paclitaxel containing regimens (P = 0.094). CONCLUSIONS: TPF has better RR than a 2 drugs
taxane‑containing regimen and docetaxel leads to a better RR than paclitaxel for IC in locally advanced oral cavity cancers.
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2 drugs regimen, 3 drugs regimen, induction chemotherapy, locally advanced oral cancers, response
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Noronha V, Patil V, Joshi A, Muddu V, Bhattacharjee A, Juvekar S, Arya S, Chaturvedi P, Chaukar D, Pai P S, Dcruz A K, Prabhash K. Is taxane/platinum/5 fluorouracil superior to taxane/platinum alone and does docetaxel trump paclitaxel in induction therapy for locally advanced oral cavity cancers. Indian Journal of Cancer. 2015 Jan-Mar; 52(1): 70-73.