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Table 3 Summary of individual treatments utilized over the course of follow-up at MDACC for patients in this series.

From: Malignant head and neck paragangliomas: Is there an optimal treatment strategy?

Treatments, side-effects and responses for patients included in this study

Gender

Radiation

Chemotherapy

 

Received

Dose (Gy)

Side Effects

Response

Received

Regimen

Side Effects

Response

F

Y

143

Skin sloughing

Progression

Y

CCNU, Adriamycin

Alopecia

Progression

M

N

--

--

--

N

--

--

--

F

Y

55

Otalgia

Progression

N

--

--

--

M

Y

N/A

N/A

Progression

Y

VP-16, Cisplatin

N/A

Progression

F

Y

68

Mucositis

Progression

Y

DTIC, Adriamycin, Mesna, Ifosfamide

N/A

Progression

F

Y

N/A

N/A

Progression

Y

CDDP, VP-16

None

Progression

F

Y

N/A

N/A

Regression

Y

N/A

N/A

Regression

M

Y

90

N/A

Progression

Y

CVAD

Febrile neutropenia, N/V

Stable

F

Y

39

N/A

N/A

Y

CVAD

N/A

N/A

M

Y

60

None

Progression

Y

Adriamycin, Cytoxan, VP-16, Cisplatin, FTI

None

Progression

F

N

--

--

--

Y

CVAD

N/A

N/A

M

Y

N/A

N/A

Progression

N

--

--

--

F

N

--

--

--

N

--

--

--

F

Y

N/A

N/A

Stable

N

--

--

--

F

Y

N/A

N/A

Progression

Y

Taxol, Cytoxan, Adriamycin, DTIC

None

Stable

F

Y

N/A

N/A

Progression

N

--

--

--

F

N

--

--

--

N

--

--

--

F

N

--

--

--

N

--

--

--

F

Y

N/A

Mucositis

Progression

Y

CVAD

Alopecia

Progression

  1. N/A implies the data are unknown, '-' implies the patients did not receive the therapy. (Summary of abbreviations: CCNU: Lomustine; VP-16: Etoposide; DTIC: Dacarbazine; CDDP: Cisplatin; CVAD: Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, Doxorubicin, and Dacarbazine; FTI: Farnesyl transferase inhibitor; N/V: Nausea/Vomiting)