Abstract
The head and neck cancer has a worldwide incidence of 500,000 cases per year, and the squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the most common variant. Previous data have shown that induction chemotherapy (IC) with cisplatin and paclitaxel followed by chemoradiotherapy (CRT) based on cisplatin is safe, well tolerated and provides a higher overall survival for the patients with locally advanced …