Table 3. Tumor responses to treatment in the two arms.
| Response | Nasopharyngeal tumor | p | Neck lymph node | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPF (n, %) | TP (n, %) | TPF (n, %) | TP (n, %) | |||
| IC | ||||||
| CR | 18 (31.6) | 23 (40.4) | 0.985 | 21 (36.8) | 29 (38.7) | 0.910 |
| PR | 37 (64.9) | 49 (65.3) | 35 (61.4) | 44 (58.7) | ||
| SD | 2 (3.5) | 3 (4.0) | 1 (1.8) | 2 (2.6) | ||
| CCRT | ||||||
| CR | 52 (91.2) | 69 (92.0) | 0.874 | 54 (94.7) | 70 (93.3) | 0.738 |
| PR | 5 (8.8) | 6 (8.0) | 3 (5.3) | 5 (6.7) | ||
Abbreviations: IC, induction chemotherapy; CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy; CR, complete remission; PR, partial remission; SD, stable disease; TP, docetaxel/cisplatin; TPF, docetaxel/cisplatin/fluorouracil.