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Table 3 Shows a comparison of the dosage used, the number of cycles and reported survival of landmark studies and this study

From: An alternative approach with a low dose and prolonged chemotherapy for palliative treatment of locally advanced, metastatic or recurrent squamous cell head and neck cancer

Drugs/cycles

This study (Median dose)

EXTREME regimen [7]

TPEx regimen [11]

TPF regimen [10]

PCE regimen [14]

SPECTRUM regimen [5]

Paclitaxel mg/m2

80

   

100

 

Docetaxel mg/m2

32.5

 

75

75

  

CISplatin mg/m2

45

100

75

75

 

100

CARBOplatin AUC

3

5

  

2.5

 

5FU mg/m2/day

360

1000

 

750

 

1000

Cetuximab mg/m2

250

250

250

 

250

 

Panitumumab mg/kg

3.5

    

9

Maximum cycles

14 (median 9)

6

4

4

6

6

PFS (months)

14.0 (CI: 5.3,22.6)

5.6

14

11

5.2

5.8

OS (months)

15.7 (CI: 1.7, 29.7)

10.1

6.2

18.8

14.7

11.1