With the current cisplatin and carboplatin shortages, for HPV+ H&N patients with indications for concurrent chemoRT, which agent do you recommend next?
If using cetuximab, would you recommend accelerated fractionation?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
The question of 2nd line therapy is difficult due to the dearth of data. This leaves essentially 3 choices - immunotherapy, cetuximab, or other cytotoxic agents.Regarding immunotherapy, recent trials for concurrent IO have been mixed, tending to compare IO vs Cetux. The main take-home though, i...
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Radiation Oncologist at University of Michigan Agree with Dr. @Garden regarding taxanes as an alt...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
I assume the question is what to use for first line where platinum (cisplatin or carbo/taxol) is indicated for concurrent therapy but unable to access cisplatin or carboplatin due to the national shortage. Unfortunately, this is a real and increasing problem.If that is the case, I would consider doc...
Agree with Dr. @Garden regarding taxanes as an alt...