Treatment-associated mortality in head and neck cancer receiving chemotherapy and radiation: Meta-analysis of published trials.

6062 Background: Concurrent chemoradiation (CTRT) produces an advantage in survival as compared with RT alone in locally advanced head and neck squamocellular cancer (HNSCC), while exposing patients (pts) to more severe toxicities. CTRT associated early mortality rate (during and until 90 days after treatment end) has not been consistently described. Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of phase II-III randomized controlled trials (RCTs),...