Lower platelet counts and antiplatelet therapy independently predict better outcomes in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective analysis
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- 作者：Carlo Furlan ; Agostino Steffan ; Jerry Polesel ; Marco Trovo…
- 关键词：Head and neck cancer ; Aspirin ; Antiplatelets ; Radiotherapy ; Coagulation ; Platelets ; Larynx ; Survival
- 刊名：Biomarker Research
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：3
- 期：1
- 全文大小：440 KB
- 刊物主题：Biomedicine general;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：2050-7771
文摘
The paper by Rachidi et al. suggests that antiplatelet drugs may play a role in ameliorating the clinical outcome in a large series of patients with head and neck cancer managed with either surgery or radiation. Our data, as well as confirming the results observed by the authors, enhance their clinical relevance pointing out the effect of antiplatelet drugs in terms of locoregional control in the setting of patients with advanced head and neck cancer managed with definitive chemo-radiotherapy.