Assessment of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy plus Induction Chemotherapy in Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, and Docetaxel versus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin

Abstract Induction chemotherapy treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment outcomes and toxicities between two induction chemotherapy regimens, with both followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The first strategy used docetaxe...

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Main Authors: Zhen Zeng, Ruo-Nan Yan, Li Tu, Yu-Yi Wang, Pei-Ran Chen, Feng Luo, Lei Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33614-5