The goal of this study was to assess the efficacy of concurrent chemotherapy to intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). A total of 120 patients with stage III-IVB NPC treated with NACT followed by IMRT alone (39 patients, arm 1) or CCRT (81 patients, arm 2) between May 2009 and June 2012 were eligible for study inclusion. NACT consisted of docetaxe (DOC, 60 mg/m2, day 1) and cisplatin (DDP, 100 mg/m2, days 1–5, every 3 weeks). Concurrent chemothera...
