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Adapted strategy to tumor response in childhood nasopharyngeal carcinoma: the French experience.

Anaïs JouinSylvie HelfreStéphanie BolleLine ClaudeAnne LaprieEmilie BogartCéline VigneronHélène PotetAnne DucassouAudrey ClarenFrançois Georges RietMarie Pierre CastexCécile Faure-ConterBrice FresneauAnne Sophie DefachellesDaniel Orbach
Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2019)
The survival rates for NPC have been considerably improved by means of multimodal therapy, but long-term locoregional morbidity remains common. Use of IMRT may induce less residual odynophagia. Radiation dose reduction adapted to chemotherapy response does not have a negative impact on outcome. These findings support the use of an RT protocol adapted to the tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for a long-lasting improvement in the patient's quality of life.
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