Preliminary results of a randomized study (NPC-9902 Trial) on therapeutic gain by concurrent chemotherapy and/or accelerated fractionation for locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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Published in Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys on September 01, 2006

Authors

Anne W M Lee1, Stewart Y Tung, Anthony T C Chan, Rick Chappell, Yiu-Tong Fu, Tai-Xiang Lu, Terence Tan, Daniel T T Chua, Brian O'sullivan, Shirley L Xu, Ellie S Y Pang, Wai-Man Sze, To-Wai Leung, Wing-Hong Kwan, Paddy T M Chan, Xiu-Fang Liu, Eng-Huat Tan, Jonathan S T Sham, Lillian Siu, Wai-Hon Lau

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Oncology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China. awmlee@ha.org.hk

Associated clinical trials:

Therapeutic Gain by Induction-concurrent Chemoradiotherapy and/or Accelerated Fractionation for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | NCT00379262

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