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How does the management of nasopharyngeal cancer in kids/young adults differ from adult patients?

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Radiation Oncology · St Jude Children's Research Hospital

The approach for managing pediatric patients with NPC has generally followed the recently published COG trial, at least in the United States. This approach uses induction chemotherapy with CDDP/5FU, followed by chemoradiation for the higher risk patients. Lower risk patients—Stage I/IIa or T2N0—can ...

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