Identifying the optimal candidates for locoregional radiation therapy in patients with de novo metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Hanchuan XuLihu LuTianzhu LuYun XuJingfeng ZongChaobin HuangFengjie LinYahan ZhengCheng LinSenan LinSufang QiuTianzhu Lu Tian-Zhu Lu Qiaojuan Guo

Published in: Head & neck (2021)

Additional LRRT after PCT may only improve OS for oligometastatic patients. For patients with polymetastatic disease, intensive systemic treatment such as the combination of immunotherapy and adequate PCT might be necessary.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
small cell lung cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
prognostic factors
radiation induced