“…[15][16][17] In general, all patients had (1) resectable squamous carcinoma of the larynx, oropharynx, or hypopharynx that would require total laryngectomy-patients who could be managed with a functionpreserving surgical procedure (eg, supraglottic laryngectomy) were ineligible, (2) nodal metastases, if present, had to be resectable, (3) measurable or assessable disease, (4) no distant metastases, (5) Karnofsky performance status greater than or equal to 60, (6) no previous treatment (diagnostic biopsy allowed), (7) adequate hemtologic, renal, hepatic, cardiac, and auditory function for treatment with high-dose cisplatin, (8) well-compensated or no pulmonary disease as documented by pulmonary function tests (if they received bleomycin), and (9) written informed consent.…”