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An additional blood test at 2-3 months after RT is a valuable biomarker in predicting treatment outcome for NPC patients. Patients with persistently detectable EBV DNA during re-staging survey 2-3 months after RT should strengthen adjuvant therapy due to very high subsequent relapse rate and poor survivals.
One week post-radiation therapy (RT) blood test showing persistently detectable EBV DNA is a very poor prognostic factor for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients. We hypothesize that additional EBV DNA confirmation test could enhance diagnostic sensitivity of relapse detection and predict survivals.
We screened 706 newly diagnosed NPC patients who finished curative RT with or without chemotherapy from March 2001 to December 2012. Additional EBV DNA blood test was performed at re-staging survey 2-3 months after RT. The association between treatment outcome (tumor relapse and patients' survival) and this additional blood test along with various clinical parameters were analyzed.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| plasma EBV DNA detectable | the NPC patient received curative treatment and post-treatment plasma EBV DNA was detectable. | ||
| plasma EBV DNA undetectable | the NPC patient received curative treatment and post-treatment plasma EBV DNA was undetectable. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| relapse-free survival (RFS) | From the end of treatment to clinical or pathological proven disease relapse | 5 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Overall survival (OS) | Overall survival was calculated from the day of enrollment until death or the last follow-up visit | 5 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| locoregional failure-free survival (LRFFS) | locoregional failure-free survival was calculated from the day of enrollment until locoregional failure or the last follow-up visit | 5 years |
| distant metastasis failure-free survival (DMFFS) |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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locally advanced NPC patients who finished curative RT with or without chemotherapy
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Jin-Ching Lin, M.D.,PhD | Taichung Veterans General Hospital | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000077274 | Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma |
| D020031 | Epstein-Barr Virus Infections |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D002277 | Carcinoma |
| D009375 | Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |
| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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plasma EBV DNA concentrations
distant metastasis failure-free survival was calculated from the day of enrollment until distant metastasis or the last follow-up visit
| 5 years |
| D009303 |
| Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms |
| D010610 | Pharyngeal Neoplasms |
| D010039 | Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms |
| D006258 | Head and Neck Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009302 | Nasopharyngeal Diseases |
| D010608 | Pharyngeal Diseases |
| D009057 | Stomatognathic Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
| D006566 | Herpesviridae Infections |
| D004266 | DNA Virus Infections |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D014412 | Tumor Virus Infections |