Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors in South China and Southeast Asia. Its morbidity and mortality are the highest among the head and neck cancers. The preferred treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is radiotherapy; however, radioresistance leading to local recurrence has become a major obstacle to successful treatment. To reduce the radioresistance of patients with nasopha- ryngeal carcinoma and enhance the radiosensitivity, molecular mechanism of nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiore- sistance becomes the focus of medical researches at present. In recent years, s...
