Clinical Profile and Treatment Outcomes in Patients Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Carcinoma Nasopharynx: A Retrospective Analysis.

Farida NazeerR Rejnish KumarMalu RafiTapesh BhattacharyaAparna Mullangath PrakasanKumar P NaveenPreethi GeorgeRamadas KunnambathCessal Thommachan Kainickal

Published in: Journal of oncology (2021)

The present study shows our initial experience with IMRT for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The compliance to RT was good in this study. The 5-year LRC and OS rate of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with IMRT were 87.5% and 62.5%. Distant metastasis was the main pattern of failure.

Keyphrases

early stage
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation induced
locally advanced