BM-RAD head_neck(71)
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bleomycin....... 5 U IV twice weekly during radiotherapy; then
15 U IV weekly times 16 after radiotherapy.
methotrexate.... 25 mg/sqm IV weekly times 16 after
radiotherapy.
radiation....... 7,000 rads to involved area; 5,000 rads to
uninvolved area at 180 rads/fraction.
FREQUENCY....... See above.
71. Fu KK, Phillips TL, Silverberg IJ, et.al. Combined
radiotherapy and chemotherapy with bleomycin and
methotrexate for advanced inoperable head and neck cancer:
Update of a Northern California Oncology Group randomized
trial. Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 5:145, 1986.
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