The efficacy and safety of induction chemotherapy with taxane-based regimen in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

Department of Radiation Oncology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Radiation Oncology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan Contributions: (I) Conception and design: HY Hsieh, HW Lu, JC Lin; (II) Administrative support: JC Lin, WC You; (III) Provision of study material or patients: YC Liu, PJ Lin, JC Lin; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: HY Hsieh, HW Lu; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: HY Hsieh, HW Lu, JC Lin; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. Correspondence to: Jin-Ching Lin, MD, PhD. Department of Radiation Oncology, Changhua Christian Hospital, No 135, Nanxiao St., Changhua, 500, Taiwan. Email: jinchinglin@gmail.com.