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Table 6 Three-year PFS, OS, LRFS, DMFS based on different IC regimens in III-IVb patients

From: Comparing three induction chemotherapy regimens for patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma based on TNM stage and plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA level

 

TPF (%) n = 772

PF (%) n = 340

TP (%) n = 242

P value

Progression-free survival

 Failures

108(14.0%)

42(22.6%)

47 (19.4%)

0.127

 Rate at 3 years

82.4% (78.9–85.9)

77.4% (72.3–82.5)

73.8% (66.7–80.9)

 

Overall survival

 Deaths

23(3.0%)

32 (9.4%)

9(3.7%)

0.029

 Rate at 3 years

97.2% (95.6–98.8)

92.1% (88.8–95.4)

97.0% (93.9–100)

 

Locoregional relapse-free survival

 Locoregional failure

40(5.2%)

30 (8.8%)

15 (6.2%)

0.835

 Rate at 3 years

92.5% (90.0–95.0)

91.5% (88.0–95.0)

91.7% (87.2–96.2)

 

Distant metastasis-free survival

 Distant failures

72(9.3%)

53 (15.6%)

33 (13.6%)

0.103

 Rate at 3 years

88.4% (85.7–91.1)

83.3% (78.8–87.8)

80.7% (74.0–87.4)

 
  1. Data are n (%) or rate (95% CI). P values were calculated with the unadjusted log-rank test