The effect of combined TPF and intensity modulated radiotherapy after TPF induction chemotherapy on locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective analysis

Abstract

which poses a great threat to the local people (3).Radiotherapy is an effective method for the treatment of early stage NPC. However, for local advanced NPC, the 5-year survival rate after radiotherapy is only approximately 50% due to high local recurrence and distant metastasis rates. In recent years, increasing studies have shown that concurrent radiochemotherapy is superior to radiotherapy