Locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Current and emerging treatment strategies

Table 1 Standard approach to nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Stage	Denomination	Gold standard therapy
T1-2a N0 M0	Early stage	- IMRT alone - Conventional RT alone
From T2b N0 M0 to T4b N3 M0 also every T N2/3 M0	Locally advanced	- Neoadjuvant platinum-based CT followed by IMRT or CCRT (platinum-based) - Concurrent cDDP and RT
Every T every N M1	Metastatic	- Exclusive CT

RT: Radiotherapy; IMRT: Intensity modulated RT; CCRT: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy; CT: Comptued tomography.