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Table 2 Treatment characteristics of the included studies

From: Weekly versus triweekly cisplatin treatment in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer during concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Author(years)

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy

weekly regimen triweekly regimen

Median cumulative cisplatin dose

weekly regimen triweekly regimen

Radiotherapy

Therapeutic schedule

Outcomes

Zhu (2018)

Cisplatin 40 mg/m2 based on oncologists’ opinions

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2d1,d22,d43

229.20 mg/m2

228.00 mg/m2

IMRT; dose:NA

CCRT alone

DFS,DMFS,LRRFS,OS

Xia (2021)

Cisplatin 40 mg/m2 for six cycles

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 for two cycles

220.00 mg/m2

200.00 mg/m2

IMRT; ose:NA

CCRT alone

FFS,OS,DMFS,LRFS,ORR

Wang (2019)

Cisplatin 30–40 mg/m2 d1,d8,d15,d22,d29,d36, d43

Cisplatin 80–100 mg/m2 d1,d22,d43

190. 54 mg/m2

202.97 mg/m2

IMRT; dose:66–72 Gy

CCRT alone

OS,DFS,LRFS,DMFS

Meng (2018)

Cisplatin 30–40 mg/m2 weekly

Cisplatin 80 mg/m2 every 3 weeks

171.00 mg/m2

168.20 mg/m2

IMRT; dose:66–72 Gy

CCRT alone

OS,DFS,LRRFS, DMFS

Lee (2015)

Cisplatin 40 mg/m2 d1,d8,d15,d22,d29,d36, d43

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 d1,d22,d43

248.90 mg/m2

256.60 mg/m2

3D-CRT or IMRT; dose:at least 66 Gy

CCRT + AC

PFS,OS,ORR,QOL, toxicity

Jagdis (2014)

Cisplatin 40 mg/m2 weekly for 7 week

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 d1,d22,d43

230.00 mg/m2

249.00 mg/m2

3D-CRT or IMRT; dose:at least 66 Gy

CCRT + AC

OS,DFS

Gundog (2019)

Cisplatin 50 mg/m2 weekly

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 every 3 weeks

NA

NA

2/3D-CRT or IMRT; dose:70 Gy

CCRT alone

OS,LRFS,DMFS, ORR

  1. NA:not available; IMRT:intensity modulated radiotherapy; 3D-CRT:3-Dimensional conformalradiation therapy; 2D-CRT:2-Dimensional conformalradiation therapy; CCRT: concurrent chemoradiotherapy; AC:adjuvant chemotherapy; OS:overall survival; DFS:disease-free survival; DMFS:distant metastasis-free survival; LRRFS:loco-regional relapse-free survival; FFS:failure-free survival; LRFS: locoregional recurrence–free survival; ORR:overall response rate; PFS:progression-free survival; QOL: the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QOL questionnaire modules QLQ-C30 and QLQ-H&N35