Nasopharyngeal cancer of childhood and adolescence: a single institution experience |
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Authors: | Venkitaraman Ramachandran Ramanan S Ganapathy Sagar T G |
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Institution: | Division of Clinical Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK. drvramachandran@gmail.com |
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Abstract: | Nasopharyngeal cancer is rare in childhood and results with radiotherapy are far from encouraging. A total of 52 patients with stage I to IVB nasopharygeal cancer and age <18, received radiotherapy to 60-66 Gy in 2-Gy fractions to the nasopharynx and cervical nodes, while 22 of these patients also received chemotherapy with cisplatin and 5 FU. Three-year disease-free survival with concurrent chemotherapy was 82% compared to 40% for patients who had radiotherapy alone (p = .001; HR 0.33; 95% CI 0.25-0.74). The 3-year overall survival in the patients who received radiotherapy was 72% and that in the patients who received concurrent chemotherapy was 77% (p = .38). A statistically significant improvement in disease-free survival was observed with concurrent chemoradiation in nonmetastatic nasopharyngeal cancer in young patients. |
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