Initial Hyperleukocytosis and Neutrophilia in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Incidence and Prognostic Impact

Zhen Su; Yan-Ping Mao; Pu-Yun OuYang; Jie Tang; Fang-Yun Xie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136752

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Initial Hyperleukocytosis and Neutrophilia in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Incidence and Prognostic Impact

Zhen Su ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhen Su, Yan-Ping Mao

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Yan-Ping Mao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhen Su, Yan-Ping Mao

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Pu-Yun OuYang,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Jie Tang,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Fang-Yun Xie

* E-mail: xiefy@sysucc.org.cn

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Initial Hyperleukocytosis and Neutrophilia in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Incidence and Prognostic Impact

Zhen Su,
Yan-Ping Mao,
Pu-Yun OuYang,
Jie Tang,
Fang-Yun Xie

Published: September 3, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136752

About the Authors

Zhen Su

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhen Su, Yan-Ping Mao

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, China

Yan-Ping Mao

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhen Su, Yan-Ping Mao

Pu-Yun OuYang

Jie Tang

Fang-Yun Xie

* E-mail: xiefy@sysucc.org.cn

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: F-YX. Performed the experiments: ZS Y-PM. Analyzed the data: ZS Y-PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZS Y-PM P-YOY JT. Wrote the paper: ZS Y-PM.

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