Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy With or Without Surgery in Treating Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CHUM Hospital Notre Dame

      RATIONALE: Radiation therapy (RT) uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Giving
      radiation therapy in different ways and combining it with chemotherapy before surgery may
      kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which radiation therapy regimen combined with
      chemotherapy with or without surgery is more effective for head and neck cancer.

      PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare two different radiation therapy regimens
      combined with cisplatin with or without surgery in treating patients who have stage III or
      stage IV head and neck cancer.
    
Radiation