Phase I/II trial evaluating concurrent carbon-ion radiotherapy plus chemotherapy for salvage treatment of locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Phase I/II trial evaluating concurrent carbon-ion radiotherapy plus chemotherapy for salvage treatment of locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Abstract Background After definitive chemoradiotherapy for non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), more than 10% of patients will experience a local recurrence. Salvage treatments present significant challenges for locally recurrent NPC. Surgery, stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy, and b...

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Main Authors: Lin Kong, Jing Gao, Jiyi Hu, Weixu Hu, Xiyin Guan, Rong Lu, Jiade J. Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-12-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Cancer
Subjects:
Recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer
Carbon ion radiotherapy
Re-irradiation
Salvage therapy
Chemotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-016-0164-5

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