Effects of oral maintenance chemotherapy and predictive value of circulating EBV DNA in metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Han ZhouTian-Zhu LuQiaojuan GuoYan ChenMengwei ChenYansong ChenYingying LinChuanben ChenLiqin MaYun XuShaojun LinJianji Pan

Published in: Cancer medicine (2020)

Oral maintenance chemotherapy with S1 or capecitabine can improve OS in mNPC. Posttreatment EBV-DNA was not only an independent prognosis factor for mNPC but also can screen out beneficiaries of maintenance chemotherapy.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
epstein barr virus
circulating tumor
squamous cell carcinoma
diffuse large b cell lymphoma
single molecule
cell free
rectal cancer
small cell lung cancer
radiation therapy
chemotherapy induced
high throughput
circulating tumor cells
open label