Table 5. Strategies and regimens of chemotherapy in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
| Characteristics | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Strategies | ||
| Induction CT. + RT. | 59 | 10.7% |
| Induction CT. + CCRT. | 244 | 44.1% |
| Induction CT. + Adjuvant CT. | 190 | 34.4% |
| CCRT. +/–Adjuvant CT. | 34 | 6.1% |
| RT. alone† | 26 | 4.7% |
| Regimens for induction CT. | ||
| TPF/TP | 335 | 60.5% |
| GP | 74 | 13.4% |
| PF | 79 | 14.3% |
| Others‡ | 5 | 0.9% |
| Regimens for adjuvant CT. | ||
| TPF/TP | 90 | 43.9% |
| GP | 59 | 28.8% |
| PF | 56 | 27.3% |
†
Only patients with severe comorbidities or elderly patients that could not tolerate chemotherapy received radiation alone.
‡
The regimen of induction chemotherapy was changed due to adverse effects in three patients. Two patients received induction chemotherapy in other hospital and the concrete regimen was not specified in medical history.
Abbreviation: CT. = chemotherapy; CCRT. = concurrent chemotherapy; RT. = radiation