This protocol addresses lip cancer — specifically malignant neoplasm of the commissure of the lip — in patients who require radiochemotherapy but for whom platinum-based chemotherapy is contraindicated or otherwise excluded.
Not all patients with lip cancer are candidates for platinum-based chemotherapy. When this treatment avenue is excluded, alternative concurrent systemic therapy alongside radiotherapy must be considered to achieve adequate locoregional disease control.
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215116000499
Patients who are excluded from platinum-based chemotherapy may be considered for EBRT with cetuximab under National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance.
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