Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: an evolving paradigm

KCW Wong, EP Hui, KW Lo, WKJ Lam… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2021 - nature.com
The past three decades have borne witness to many advances in the understanding of the
molecular biology and treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), an Epstein–Barr virus …

The global landscape of EBV-associated tumors

C Shannon-Lowe, A Rickinson - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a gamma-1 herpesvirus, is carried as a life-long asymptomatic
infection by the great majority of individuals in all human populations. Yet this seemingly …

Toripalimab or placebo plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a multicenter randomized phase 3 trial

HQ Mai, QY Chen, D Chen, C Hu, K Yang, J Wen, J Li… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Gemcitabine-cisplatin (GP) chemotherapy is the standard first-line systemic treatment for
recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (RM-NPC). In this international, double …

The Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

LL Tang, YP Chen, CB Chen, MY Chen… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant epithelial tumor originating in the
nasopharynx and has a high incidence in Southeast Asia and North Africa. To develop these …

Treatment-related adverse events of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors in clinical trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Wang, S Zhou, F Yang, X Qi, X Wang, X Guan… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Programmed cell death (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1)
inhibitors have been increasingly used in cancer therapy. Understanding the treatment …

Efficacy, safety, and correlative biomarkers of toripalimab in previously treated recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a phase II clinical trial (POLARIS-02 …

FH Wang, XL Wei, J Feng, Q Li, N Xu, XC Hu… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE As yet, no checkpoint inhibitor has been approved to treat nasopharyngeal
carcinoma (NPC). This study was aimed to evaluate the antitumor activity, safety, and …

Single-cell transcriptomics reveals regulators underlying immune cell diversity and immune subtypes associated with prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

YP Chen, JH Yin, WF Li, HJ Li, DP Chen, CJ Zhang… - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an aggressive malignancy with extremely skewed
ethnic and geographic distributions. Increasing evidence indicates that targeting the tumor …

The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer consensus statement on immunotherapy for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC)

EEW Cohen, RB Bell, CB Bifulco, B Burtness… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Head and neck cancers, including those of the lip and oral cavity, nasal cavity, paranasal
sinuses, oropharynx, larynx and nasopharynx represent nearly 700,000 new cases and …

Evolving landscape of PD-L2: bring new light to checkpoint immunotherapy

Y Wang, J Du, Z Gao, H Sun, M Mei, Y Wang… - British journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade therapy targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) has
revolutionized the landscape of multiple human cancer types, including head and neck …

Camrelizumab (SHR-1210) alone or in combination with gemcitabine plus cisplatin for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: results from two single-arm, phase 1 trials

W Fang, Y Yang, Y Ma, S Hong, L Lin, X He… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Platinum-based doublet chemotherapy regimens, preferentially gemcitabine
plus cisplatin, are generally considered the first-line standard of care for patients with …