Open AccessDurable control of metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma with metronomic chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Pei-Ming Huang,
Chunwei Wang,
JoPai Chen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-0425
pISSN - 2311-3006
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcrpr.2016.09.003
Subject(s) - medicine , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , etoposide , chemotherapy , oncology , metastatic carcinoma , carcinoma , radiation therapy
Metronomic chemotherapy has shown encouraging efficacy and low toxicity in various tumor types and is one of the best treatment options for heavily pretreated patients or patients with advanced age and/or poor performance status. We demonstrated a patient with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma who experienced durable disease control under etoposide-based combination metronomic chemotherapy