A CASE REPORT OF LOCALLY ADVANCED NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER TREATED WITH INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWED BY CONCURRENT CHEMORADIATION

Tuấn Anh Phạm , Hữu Thắng Nguyễn

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Induction chemotherapy added to concurrent chemoradiation has recently become the new standard treatment in locally advanced nasopharyngeal cancers. We report a case of a 48-year-old female diagnosed with stage III nasopharyngeal cancer (T3N1M0), who was treated with gemcitabine-cisplatin followed by concurrent chemoradiation and achieved a promising result.

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