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Table 2 Patterns of disease failure in patients treated with NAC plus IMRT vs. CCRT plus AC

From: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus intensity-modulated radiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy for the treatment of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective controlled study

Failure pattern

NAC + IMRT [cases (%)]

CCRT + AC [cases (%)]

P

Locoregional relapse only

11 (9.4)

12 (9.8)

0.926

Distant metastases only

22 (18.8)

26 (21.1)

0.651

Both locoregional relapse and distant metastases

2 (1.7)

6 (4.9)

0.314

Death

28 (23.9)

37 (30.1)

0.284

  1. Abbreviations as in Table 1