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Chapter 46. The Role of Chemotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
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Chemotherapy can do all of the following except
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A. Act as a radiosensitizer
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B. Palliate metastatic disease
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C. Cure head and neck cancer single handedly
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E. Help preserve an organ
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All of the following are drugs used to treat head and neck cancer except
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Side effects of cisplatin include all of the following except
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All of the following are high-risk features that merit postoperative chemoradiation except
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B. A single positive node
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Successful uses of chemotherapy include all of the following except
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B. Induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiation
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C. Primary chemoradiation
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D. Adjuvant chemotherapy given postradiation
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E. Single-agent therapy in the metastatic disease setting