• Induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy (TAX 324) For the induction treatment of patients with locally advanced (technically unresectable, low probability of surgical cure, and aiming at organ preservation) squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), the recommended dose of docetaxel is 75 mg/ m2 as a 1 hour intravenous infusion on day 1, followed by cisplatin 100 mg/ m2 administered as a 30-minute to 3 hour infusion, followed by 5-fluorouracil 1000 mg/ m2/ day as a continuous infusion from day 1 to day 4.