Survival benefit of adding chemotherapy to intensity modulated radiation in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

BACKGROUND:To evaluate the contribution of chemotherapy for patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated by intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and to identify the optimal combination treatment strategy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 2006 and 2010, 276 patients wit...

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Main Authors: Xuemei Ji, Conghua Xie, Desheng Hu, Xia Fan, Yajuan Zhou, Yingjie Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3575472?pdf=render