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33 L-Asparaginase acting as an antitumor agent could block the supply of asparagine, which cannot be synthesized by ENKTL tumor cells, thus causing death of the tumor. L-Asparaginase�Cbased chemotherapy had a remarkable effect on relapsed and refractory ENKTL.18-21 It has been reported that a patient with multiple subcutaneous lesions ENKTL who was treated with L-asparaginase combined with vincristine and prednisolone received CR lasting longer than 2 years.21 In this study, we used L-asparaginase in combination with vincristine and prednisone. The ORR was 92%, and the CR rate was 46% in all patients and 76.9% in those limited to stage IE after the first 2 cycles of LVP chemotherapy. LVP regimens showed remarkable antitumor activity for untreated stages http://www.selleckchem.com/products/gsk1120212-jtp-74057.html I/II of ENKTL. RT and chemotherapy are both important for treatment of localized ENKTL, but the optimal dose, combination, and sequence are still undefined. A number of studies have been carried out to address this. A prospective trial with concurrent RT (50 Gy) and 3 courses of DeVIC (dexamethasone, etoposide, ifosfamide, and carboplatin) achieved a CR rate of 77% and an 81% ORR, with a 2-year OS rate of 78%.34 In another study http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Bortezomib.html with concurrent RT and weekly cisplatin followed by VIPD (etoposide, ifosfamide, cisplatin, and dexamethasone) chemotherapy, the ORR and the CR rate were 83.3% and 80.0%, respectively, and the 3-year OS rate was 86.28%.35 In our study, we performed a ��sandwich�� protocol and achieved an encouraging response rate: the ORR was 88.5% (23 of 26 patients) and the CR rate was 80.8% (95% CI, 65.62%-95.92%), results similar to those from previous reports described above. The dose of RT is still controversial in treatment of ENKTL. A previous study suggested that radiation doses of >54 Gy might be required to obtain in-field control in patients with localized http://www.selleck.cn/products/bgj398-nvp-bgj398.html ENKTL,24 but other trials have recommended a dose