Abstract
Treatment modality of the nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is still controversial. We reviewed 36 patients of NPC who underwent radiotherapy followed by CDDP-based adjuvant chemotherapy during the period from1983 to 1991. The survival rate of this group is better than another 53 patients treated with radiotherapy alone. Distant metastases was seen only 8 cases (22%) in former group as opposed to 21 cases (63%) of the latter. The interval until the detection of distant metastasis was also longer in the patients treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The results suggest that adjuvant chemotherapy contributes to the suppression of distant metastasis and improve the survival rate of the NPC patients.
