Critical weight loss predicts poor prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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- 作者：Qi Zeng ; Lu-Jun Shen ; Xiang Guo ; Xin-Ming Guo ; Chao-Nan Qian ; Pei-Hong Wu
- 关键词：Weight loss ; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma ; Radiotherapy ; Survival
- 刊名：BMC Cancer
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：760 KB
- 刊物主题：Cancer Research; Oncology; Stem Cells; Animal Models; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2407
文摘
Background The impacts of weight loss on prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remain unclear. The present study was therefore undertaken to investigate the association between critical weight loss and long-term survival in NPC patients.