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Table 2 Tumor response as per recist criteria at initial and last follow-up

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

Tumor response

At 1st follow-up study (At median of 3.5 months)

At the end of study (At median of 10.1 months)

 

n

%

n

%

CR

4

12.5

9

28.1

nCR

2

6.3

2

6.3

PR

17

53.1

7

21.9

SD

6

18.8

3

9.4

PD

3

9.4

11

34.4

DCR

29

90.6

21

65.6

ORR

23

71.9

18

56.3