Preradiation chemotherapy with methotrexate, cisplatin, 5‐fluorouracil, and leucovorin for pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Carlos Rodríguez‐Galindo, Marcia M. Wofford, Robert P. Castleberry, Gregory P. Swanson, Wendy B. London, James Fontanesi, Alberto S. Pappo, Edwin C. Douglass

Cancer · 2005 · 101 citations · 45 references

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Abstract

The current study demonstrated that childhood NPC was sensitive to chemotherapy and that chemotherapy before irradiation was feasible. Future trials should investigate equivalent efficacy with a reduced radiotherapy dose.

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