DF protocd plus radiotherapy in treatment of patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Objective This study is to evaluate the effect of chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy for the treatment of the patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC). Methods Fom march 1994 to October 1997,64 patients with stage Ⅲ, Ⅳa NPC ( 92 stage system)at random received one course of chemotherapy of DF protocol (5-FU and cisplatin) before radiotherapy (which started 3 days after the firstcycle of chemotherapy) and two to three cycles ofpost-radiotherapy chemotherapy or radiotherapy alone (includin...