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ReviewOncoTargets and therapy2019

Management of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: current perspectives.

F Perri, G Della Vittoria Scarpati, F Caponigro, F Ionna, F Longo, S Buonopane, P Muto, M Di Marzo, S Pisconti, R Solla

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Review in OncoTargets and therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Margins in oncologic nasopharyngeal surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2025
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  6. HSPA5 overexpression predicts poor prognosis and drives radioresistance and metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

F PerriHead and Neck/Sarcoma Medical Oncology Unit, INT IRCCS G Pascale, Naples, Italy, f.perri@istitutotumori.na.it.
G Della Vittoria ScarpatiMedical Oncology Unit, ASL NA3, Hospital of Pollena Trocchia, Naples, Italy.
F CaponigroHead and Neck/Sarcoma Medical Oncology Unit, INT IRCCS G Pascale, Naples, Italy, f.perri@istitutotumori.na.it.
F IonnaDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, INT IRCCS G Pascale, Naples, Italy.
F LongoDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, INT IRCCS G Pascale, Naples, Italy.
S BuonopaneDepartment of Radiation Therapy, INT IRCCS G Pascale, Naples, Italy.
P MutoDepartment of Radiation Therapy, INT IRCCS G Pascale, Naples, Italy.
M Di MarzoDepartment of Abdominal Surgery, INT IRCCS G Pascale, Naples, Italy.
S PiscontiMedical Oncology Unit, POC SS Annunziata, Taranto, Italy.
R SollaItalian National Research Council, Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, Naples, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a rare disease in Western countries. Nevertheless, its incidence in China, Singapore, and other Eastern countries reaches 20 cases per 100,000 people. Being an extremely chemo- and radiosensitive disease, upfront treatment often consists in the association of intensity-modulated radiation therapy and concurrent cisplatin. Unfortunately, about 20% of the patients suffer from a radioresistant disease which recurs after upfront therapy. For these patients, mainly available therapeutic options consist in systemic therapy, in particular poly-chemotherapy. In those showing a single locoregional recurrence, chemotherapy is not considered to be the preferred approach and other different strategies may be employed. Re-irradiation and surgery are strategies that are always used more often, albeit related to high risk of morbidity. Immunotherapy and targeted therapy, such as heavy ions-based re-irradiations, are experimental but very intriguing options.

Indexed as

immunotherapynasopharyngeal carcinomapoly-chemotherapyradioresistantre-irradiation

Identifiers

PMID30881013
PMCPMC6396653

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