Extracts from The Cochrane Library: Chemotherapy as an adjunct to radiotherapy in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Received 19 April 2007; accepted 24 April 2007.

The “Cochrane Corner” is a quarterly section in the journal that highlights systematic reviews relevant to otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, with invited commentary to highlight implications for clinical decision making. This installment features a Cochrane Review titled “Chemotherapy as an adjunct to radiotherapy in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma,” which shows a small, but significant, benefit for overall survival and event-free survival when chemotherapy is given concomitantly with radiotherapy.

a Department of Otolaryngology, University of Oxford, and The Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, United Kingdom

b Division of Otolaryngology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and the Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

c Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Downstate and The Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY.

Corresponding author: Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, Department of Otolaryngology, 339 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

PII: S0194-5998(07)00468-8

doi:10.1016/j.otohns.2007.04.019

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