NPC Treatment — SCE Medical Oncology MCQ

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ModerateHead & Neck CancerNPC TreatmentSCE Medical Oncology

A 62-year-old man with NPC is treated with concurrent cisplatin-CRT. How does NPC treatment differ from other HNSCC?

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Correct answer: B — NPC: anatomically inaccessible for surgery

NPC: skull base proximity precludes surgery. Intergroup 0099 established concurrent CRT. JUPITER-02: adjuvant gemcitabine-cisplatin improved PFS/OS. EBV DNA monitoring standard.

Reference: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/cancer