The Changing Role of Chemotherapy in Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Updated Systemic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

The Changing Role of Chemotherapy in Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Updated Systemic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

Background and Objective: Both induction chemotherapy (IC) followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT; IC+CCRT) and CCRT plus adjuvant chemotherapy (AC; CCRT+AC) are standard treatments for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). However, no prospective randomized trials comparing these two app...

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Main Authors: Mei Liu, Wei You, Yi-Bing Song, Ji-Dong Miao, Xiu-Bo Zhong, Dian-Kun Cai, Lun Xu, Lu-Feng Xie, Yang Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
concurrent chemoradiotherapy
induction chemotherapy
adjuvant chemotherapy
network meta-analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2018.00597/full

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