ReviewCancer management and research2022
Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Current and Emerging Treatment Options.
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- A Current Perspective of Two of the Most Aggressive Head and Neck Cancers: Pharyngeal and Laryngeal.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of intravenous vitamin C administration on chemotherapy-induced adverse events in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Comparison of Six- and Three-Dimensional Error Corrections for the Planning Target Volume in Patients With Nasopharyngeal Cancer.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2026Article
- PinX1 inhibits migrasomes-mediated mitochondrial transfer to confer cisplatin sensitivity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Oncogene · 2026Article
- MALAT1 promotes autophagy via the mir-28-5p/IGF1R axis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2026Article
- The Prognostic Value of Serum Inflammatory Markers in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Multicenter Study.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Downregulation of miR-10b-3p by EBV promotes tumor growth and metastasis via ITGAV in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- A closed-loop comprehensive analysis of global burden data, future projections, risk factors, and molecular mechanisms on nasopharyngeal carcinoma.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Orlistat potentiates the gemcitabine effect in inhibiting the malignant biological behavior of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by downregulating PKM2.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma masquerading as refractory odontogenic pain: a case report.BMC oral health · 2026Article
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- A pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma masquerading as Kimura disease: a rare case report from Nepal.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Salvigenin: a natural ally against nasopharyngeal carcinoma's malignant phenotypes and immune evasion.Journal of molecular histology · 2025Article
- Role of MEX3A in tumorigenesis: Mechanisms, tumor‑specific effects and therapeutic implications (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025Review
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- Integrating Radiomics and Deep-Learning for Prognostic Evaluation in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Cholesterol-to-lymphocyte ratio (CLR)-based nomogram as a prognostic tool in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a large-scale long-term retrospective study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- CDCP1 promotes the malignant phenotypes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.BMC biotechnology · 2025Article
- Epstein-Barr virus mRNA vaccine synergizes with NK cells to enhance nasopharyngeal carcinoma eradication in humanized mice.Molecular therapy. Oncology · 2025Article
- The Efficacy of Hellebrigenin Against Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells: The Molecular and Bioinformatic Analysis.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has seen improved treatment outcomes and a decrease in incidence worldwide in recent years due to developments in medicine and improved public health. However, 70% of cases are still diagnosed at advanced stages and these advanced NPC cases show a poor prognosis. Reports on current and future treatment in advanced NPC are summarized. Chemoradiotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for advanced NPC. The administration of platinum agents as a concurrent drug and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is the most appropriate irradiation method, and is associated with high local control rates. For induction and adjuvant chemotherapy, platinum-based two- or three-drug combination chemotherapy is recommended. The tumour volume, plasma Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-DNA levels, and the tumour site are used to determine the indication for adjuvant and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. The tolerability of induction chemotherapy is controversial, and the indications and timing should be carefully considered in each case. Chemotherapy is used for patients with distant metastasis. Gemcitabine/cisplatin is the first-line regimen. The efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment has recently been reported for NPC and, as in other areas of the head and neck, it is expected to be effective for patients with recurrent/distant metastasis. Trials are underway for various uses of ICIs, including induction chemotherapy, postoperative treatment, and use in combination with chemoradiotherapy. Immunotherapy for NPC, an EBV-associated cancer, has been reported to have some efficacy with immunotherapy used in other EBV-associated cancers. Immunotherapy may be introduced for NPC in the future, depending on the results of clinical trials. Future changes in the treatment of NPC are expected to include risk classification based on plasma EBV-DNA levels and the development of personalized treatment with individual selection of timing and type of therapy.
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