Table 1 Overall tumour responses for various local and regional tumour responses with or without the appearance of new lesions.

From: The Tumour Response to Induction Chemotherapy has Prognostic Value for Long-Term Survival Outcomes after Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Local lesions

Regional lesions

New lesions

Overall response

CR

CR

No

CR

CR

PR/SD

No

PR

PR

Non-PD

No

PR

SD

CR/PR

No

PR

SD

SD

No

SD

PD

Any

Yes or No

PD

Any

PD

Yes or No

PD

Any

Any

Yes

PD

  1. Abbreviations: CR = complete response; PR = partial response; SD = stable disease; PD = progressive disease.
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