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Table 9 Three-year PFS, OS, DMFS, LRFS based on different IC regimens in IVa-b patients of EBV ≥ 1500 copies/ml

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 = 326

PF (%) n = 127

TP (%) n = 68

P value

Progression-free survival

 Failures

46(14.1%)

42(33.0%)

22 (32.4%)

< 0.001

 Rate at 3 years

81.5% (75.6–87.4)

67.6% (58.2–77.0)

57.3%(41.0–73.6)

 

Overall survival

 Deaths

10(3.1%)

19 (15.0%)

5(7.3%)

0.029

 Rate at 3 years

97.3% (94.8–99.8)

86.6%(79.7–93.5)

85.8%(69.7–102)

 

Locoregional relapse-free survival

 Locoregional failure

15(4.6%)

19 (15.0%)

7 (10.3%)

0.032

 Rate at 3 years

93.7% (90.0–97.4)

85.7%(78.6–92.8)

78.8%(59.0–98.6)

 

Distant metastasis-free survival

 Distant failures

31(9.5%)

28 (22.0%)

14 (20.6%)

0.003

 Rate at 3 years

86.8% (81.9–91.7)

78.0%(69.8–86.2)

67.1%(49.9–84.3)

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