Long-term survival outcomes and adverse effects of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with IMRT in a non-endemic region: a population-based retrospective study.

BMJ Open · 2021 · PMC8330594 · PMID 34341036

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Our results showed that IC significantly increased RRFS (97.1% vs 99.1%; p=0.041) and OS (79.9% vs 85.1%; p=0.052), while AC had a survival benefit on OS (77.6% vs 83.6%; p=0.039) and increased DFS (84.7% vs 79.1%; p=0.089) and LRFS with marginal significance (93.3% vs 90.2%; p=0.062).

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As for IC, specifically, the 5-year DFS and OS rates showed a trend of improving survival in the subgroup of TPF/TP as compared with other regimens, but significant differences were not achieved.

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