[Effectiveness of simultaneous combination therapy using S-1, nedaplatin and radiotherapy for 7 cases of oropharynx cancer].

Various treatments for oropharynx cancer included radiotherapy, arterial injection chemotherapy (as well as combined chemoradiotherapy), combined concurrent chemoradiotherapy, and surgical resection and reconstruction. There are also treatment differences among facilities. Our department has been providing a treatment modality for head and neck malignancies with the aims of functional and morphological preservation with a high cure rate. We herein report the treatment efficacy in 7 cases of oropharynx cancer (6 cases on lateral wall and 1 case on superior wall)treated with S-1, nedaplatin and radiotherapy (SN therapy) at our department between April 2006 and December 2006. The total of 7 cases included 1 case of T1N1M0, 1 of T2N0M0, 2 of T2N2bM0, 1 of T2N2cM0, 1 of T3N2cM0, and 1 case of T4N2cM0. The patients were all male and their ages ranged from 57 to 76 years old, with the average age of 68.4 years. Six of the 7 cases are surviving without cancer through treatment and their functions and morphologies have been preserved. In the 1 case of T4N2cM0, the tumor did not disappear and the patient expired due to the original lesion. Although SN therapy supposedly enables functional and morphological preservation, it is necessary to increase the number of cases and examine the efficacy of SN therapy for oropharynx cancer for functional and morphological preservation and the survival rate.