Concurrent image-guided intensity modulated radiotherapy and chemotherapy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Table 4 Clinical response after induction chemotherapy and 2 months after completion of CCRT

Response	After Induction	After Concomitant
No. (%)	Chemoradiation	chemotherapy
Nasopharynx, by endoscopy & CT or MR
SD	1/28(3.6%)	0/28(0.0%)
PR	16/28(57.1%)	2/28(7.1%)
CR	11/28(39.3%)	26/28(92.9%)
Neck node, by CT or MR
SD	5/26*(19.2%)	0/26(0.0%)
PR	14/26(53.8%)	5/26(19.2%)
CR	7/26(26.9%)	21/26(80.8%)

*Two patients were staged as T4N0, so 26 patients were available for nodal evaluation.
Abbreviations:
SD: stable disease, PR: partial response, CR: complete response.

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