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Table 2 Current treatment guideline for NPC.

From: Precision medicine in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: comprehensive review of past, present, and future prospect

Stage

Treatment plan

I

IMRT

II

IMRT, IMRT + CT

III

IMRT + CT, ICT + IMRT/CT, IMRT/CT + AC

IV

ICT + IMRT/CT, IMRT/CT + AC, IMRT/CT

Recurrence

IMRT + surgery, IMRT + CT

Metastatic (newly diagnosed)

CT

Metastatic (not newly diagnosed)

CT + RT

  1. AC adjuvant chemotherapy, CT chemotherapy, ICT induction chemotherapy, IMRT intensity-modulated radiotherapy, RT radiotherapy