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*Radiation therapy followed by surgery to remove cancer -containing lymph nodes in the neck that remain or come back after radiation therapy | *Radiation therapy followed by surgery to remove cancer -containing lymph nodes in the neck that remain or come back after radiation therapy | ||
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*Chemotherapy for cancer that has metastasized (spread) to other parts of the body | *Chemotherapy for cancer that has metastasized (spread) to other parts of the body | ||
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Nasopharyngeal carcinoma medical therapy |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Faizan Sheraz, M.D. [2]
Overview
The mainstay of therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is external beam radiotherapy, supplemented in some cases with chemotherapy.
Medical Therapy
The mainstay of therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is external beam radiotherapy.
- Standard treatments for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma include:[1]
- External beam radiation therapy alone
- Concurrent chemoradiation followed by adjuvant chemotherapy
- Chemotherapy alone for metastatic disease
- Undifferentiated subtype of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is highly radiosensitive
Treatment according to Stages
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