Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Servicio de Oncología Médica - IIBSP, Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Clin Transl Oncol. 2018 Jan;20(1):84-88. doi: 10.1007/s12094-017-1777-0. Epub 2017 Nov 2.
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is distinct from other cancers of the head and neck in biology, epidemiology, histology, natural history, and response to treatment. Radiation therapy is an essential component of curative-intent of non-disseminated disease and the association of chemotherapy improves the rates of survival. In the case of metastatic disease stages, treatment requires platinum/gemcitabine-based chemotherapy and patients may achieve a long survival time.
鼻咽癌(NPC)在生物学、流行病学、组织学、自然史和对治疗的反应方面与头颈部的其他癌症不同。放射治疗是治疗非扩散性疾病的重要组成部分,联合化疗可提高生存率。对于转移性疾病阶段,治疗需要基于铂类/吉西他滨的化疗,患者可能实现较长的生存时间。