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The information contained in these documents is a statement of consensus of BC Cancer Agency professionals regarding their views of currently accepted approaches to treatment. Any clinician seeking to apply or consult these documents is expected to use independent medical judgement in the context of individual clinical circumstances to determine any patient's care or treatment. Use of these documents is at your own risk and is subject to BC Cancer Agency's terms of use available at www.bccancer.bc.ca/legal.htm .

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PROTOCOL CODE and DESCRIPTION	AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS (revision date indicated in red)
HNAMIRT: Radioprotection in Head and Neck Radiation using Amifostine.	- Protocol (01 Mar 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)
HNAVGEM: Treatment of Loco-regionally Recurrent/Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Cancer not Amenable for Local Curative Therapy with Gemcitabine.	- Protocol (01 Mar 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)
HNAVPG: Treatment of Locoregionally Recurrent and/or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Cancer with Cisplatin and Gemcitabine.	- Protocol (01 May 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)
HNCAFRT: Combined chemotherapy (carboplatin and fluorouracil) and radiation treatment for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.	- Protocol (01 May 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)  - Your Infusor™ – A Guide for Patients
UHNCETRT: Combined Cetuximab and Radiation Treatment for Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck	- Protocol (01 May 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)
HNDE: Therapy for recurrent and metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer using Cisplatin and Etoposide.	- Protocol (01 Mar 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)
HNFUFA: 5-Fluorouracil and Leucovorin for Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer.	- Protocol (01 Sep 2009)  - Preprinted order (23 Sep 2009)
HNFUP: Therapy for advanced head and neck cancer using Cisplatin and Fluorouracil.	- Protocol (01 Sep 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)  - Your Infusor™ – A Guide for Patients
HNFURT: Therapy for combined modality therapy for advanced head and neck cancer using Mitomycin C, Fluorouracil and split course radiation therapy.	- Protocol (01 Sep 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)  - Your Infusor™ – A Guide for Patients
HNLANPRT: Treatment of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Cancer with Concurrent Cisplatin and Radiation.	- Protocol (01 Jul 2009) - Preprinted order (01 Jun 2009) - Patient Handout (01 Aug 2009)
HNLAPRT: Combined Chemotherapy (Cisplatin) and Radiation Treatment for Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of The Head and Neck.	- Protocol (1 Dec 2009) - Preprinted order (short hydration) (01 Dec 2009) - See regional centre's inpatient order for order with long hydration  - Patient Handout (01 Dec 2009)
HNM: Therapy for head and neck cancer using Methotrexate as Standard Therapy.	- Protocol (01 Mar 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May  2009)
HNPE: Intensive cisplatin and etoposide chemotherapy for recurrent and metastatic head and neck cancer.	- Protocol (01 Aug 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)
HNPRT: Therapy for advanced head and neck cancer using Cisplatin before or during Radiation Therapy.	- Protocol (1 Mar 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)
HNTSH: Radioiodine Imaging in Patients with Thyroid Cancer using Thyrotropin Alpha.	- Protocol (01 Mar 2009)  - Preprinted order (01 May 2009)