Patient Characteristics and Treatment Compliance
Among 46 patients with NPC enrolled in the study from December 13, 2006, to February 5, 2009, 44 patients (29 males [65.9%]; 23 Asian [52.3%], 2 Black [4.5%], and 16 White [36.4%]; 38 not Hispanic [86.4%]; median [IQR] age, 48.5 [39.0-56.0] years) were eligible for analysis (1 patient did not start protocol therapy, and 1 patient was ineligible due to low WBC count; see patient flowchart in 