Would you offer adjuvant capecitabine in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma who has had cisplatin - gemcitabine induction followed by chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin?
Stage is cT4N2M0.
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
There are now two randomized, published studies in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer whereby capecitabine is administered in the adjuvant setting [1], [2]. Both studies demonstrate adjuvant capecitabine improves failure free survival or local control of disease. The combination of...
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