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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2021 Sep 15;43(12):3788–3795. doi: 10.1002/hed.26865

Table 3.

Therapeutic approaches and outcomes in patients treated with palliative intent (N = 8).

Treatment or outcome, No of patients (%) Data value

First-line therapy 8 (8/13, 62)
 Platinum and etoposide  4/8 (50)
 Other platinum-based doublet  2/8 (25)
 Chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitor  2/8 (25)
Second-line therapy 1 (8)
Exposure rate
 Platinum agent  8/8 (100)
 Etoposide  4/8 (50)
 Taxane  2/8 (25)
 Immune checkpoint inhibitor  3/8 (37.5)

Best overall response
First-line therapy
 CR or PR  4/8 (50)
 SD  1/8 (12.5)
 PD  3/8 (37.5)
Second-line therapy
 PD  1 (100)

CR, complete response; PD, progressive disease; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease