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SUBMITTER: Ribassin-Majed L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5791836 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ribassin-Majed Laureen L Marguet Sophie S Lee Anne W M AWM Ng Wai Tong WT Ma Jun J Chan Anthony T C ATC Huang Pei-Yu PY Zhu Guopei G Chua Daniel T T DTT Chen Yong Y Mai Hai-Qiang HQ Kwong Dora L W DLW Cheah Shie-Lee SL Moon James J Tung Yuk Y Chi Kwan-Hwa KH Fountzilas George G Bourhis Jean J Pignon Jean Pierre JP Blanchard Pierre P
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20161205 5
Purpose The role of adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) or induction chemotherapy (IC) in the treatment of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma is controversial. The individual patient data from the Meta-Analysis of Chemotherapy in Nasopharynx Carcinoma database were used to compare all available treatments. Methods All randomized trials of radiotherapy (RT) with or without chemotherapy in nonmetastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma were considered. Overall, 20 trials and 5,144 patients were included. Tr ...[more]