International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 2013-10-27

Metronomic Adjuvant Chemotherapy Improves Treatment Outcome in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients with Post-radiation Persistently Detectable Plasma EBV DNA

Chih-Wen Twu, Wen-Yi Wang, Chien-Chih Chen, Kai-Li Liang, Rong-San Jiang, Ching-Te Wu, Yi-Ting Shih, Po-Ju Lin, Yi-Chun Liu, Jin-Ching Lin

Index: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 89(1) , 21-9, (2014)

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Abstract

Purpose To investigate the effects of adjuvant chemotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients with persistently detectable plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA (pEBV DNA) after curative radiotherapy plus induction/concurrent chemotherapy.