Treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the modern era: analysis of outcomes and toxicity from a single center in a nonendemic area.

We analyzed treatment outcomes for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a single institute.From 1992 to 2002, 82 patients with nasopharyngeal cancer were treated. Kaplan-Meier estimates of overall and disease-free survival were calculated. The log-rank test was used to determine significant prognostic determinants of overall and disease-free survival.Patients received one of three regimens: radiotherapy alone (n = 19), radiotherapy with concurrent...