The combination of systemic therapy and locoregional radiotherapy prolongs survival in newly diagnosed metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study is to assess the role of locoregional radiotherapy (RT) when used in combination with systemic chemotherapy, for patients with newly diagnosed metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), in a non-endemic region of northern China.

Methods

In total, 611 patients with NPCs were newly diagnosed between June 2011 and June 2016 following visits to our hospital; of these, 32 patients presented with metastasis at initial diagnosis. Among these 32 patients, 29 had single-organ metastasis and 3 had multiple-organ metastasis. All patients were treated with RT for local and regional disease.

Results

The median follow-up for all patients was 20 months (range 9-59 months), and median survival was not achieved (some patients had succumbed) at the

SUBMITTER: Yin Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5709994 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature