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Patients in the study group received 300 mg/m2 amifostine 15–30 minutes before radiation therapy (RT) on days 1–5 of each week. Patients in both the study group and the control group received 90 mg/m2 carboplatin once per week before RT. Treating physicians and patients reported data.
The study was conducted between January 1997 and January 1998.
The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group/ European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (RTOG/EORTC) 0–4 grading system was used.