Neoadjuvant and Concurrent Chemotherapy Have Varied Impacts on the Prognosis of Patients with the Ascending and Descending Types of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy.

PLoS One · 2016 · PMC5082619 · PMID 27783618

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borderline significantP = 0.063so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

OS for the ascending and descending types Overall, PFS was higher for the ascending type than descending type; this trend was borderline significant (73.7% and 66.2%, respectively; P = 0.063).

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.172not close (p > 0.1)

Compared with NACT + RT, there was a trend toward a higher OS rate with CCRT and NACT + CCRT, but the correlation did not reach statistical significance ( Fig 2A ; P = 0.172).

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