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Review
. 2012 Dec;31(12):573-8.
doi: 10.5732/cjc.011.10433. Epub 2012 Jul 4.

Role of chemotherapy in stage IIb nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Xin-Bin Pan  1 , Xiao-Dong Zhu
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Review

Role of chemotherapy in stage IIb nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Xin-Bin Pan et al. Chin J Cancer. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy on stage IIb nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) remains unclear. Conventional two-dimensional radiotherapy combined with concurrent chemotherapy can improve the overall survival, progression-free survival, recurrence-free survival, and distant metastasis-free survival of patients with stage IIb NPC. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy without concurrent chemotherapy also provides good outcomes for patients with stage IIb NPC. This article summarizes the features of stage IIb NPC and reviews the role of chemotherapy in this subgroup of NPC.

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