Review maps three strategies to reduce toxicity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Response-guided target reduction and sequential chemoradiotherapy have the strongest evidence, while proton and immunotherapy-based approaches remain less established.
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CT imaging features improved local and distant control prediction in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Planning CT features added prognostic information for local and distant control but did not significantly improve overall or progression-free survival prediction.
Medial retropharyngeal nodes were involved in 2.95% of non-endemic nasopharyngeal cancers
Medial retropharyngeal nodes were involved in 2.95% of German cases, but no recurrence occurred among patients whose elective volume omitted the region.
Target-prioritized intensity modulated radiotherapy appeared feasible in nasopharyngeal carcinoma near the spinal cord
No radiation myelopathy was observed after target-prioritized intensity modulated radiotherapy for selected nasopharyngeal carcinoma near the spinal cord.
Weekly synthetic computed tomography identified structure-specific replanning triggers in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Weekly monitoring identified week 2 triggers for nodal targets and contralateral parotids, with later week 4 triggers for primary targets.
Virtual contrast-enhanced MRI matched gadolinium-enhanced imaging for diagnosis, staging, and tumor delineation.
98.98% of virtual contrast-enhanced MRI scans were rated suitable for diagnosis, and 92.33% for tumor delineation.