Retrospective Analysis of 234 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients with Distant Metastasis at Initial Diagnosis: Therapeutic Approaches and Prognostic Factors

Lei Zeng; Yun-Ming Tian; Ying Huang; Xue-Ming Sun; Feng-Hua Wang; Xiao-Wu Deng; Fei Han; Tai-Xiang Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108070

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Retrospective Analysis of 234 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients with Distant Metastasis at Initial Diagnosis: Therapeutic Approaches and Prognostic Factors

Lei Zeng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Zeng, Yun-Ming Tian

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China, Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, Nanchang, PR China
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Yun-Ming Tian ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Zeng, Yun-Ming Tian

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China, Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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Ying Huang,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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Xue-Ming Sun,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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Feng-Hua Wang,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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Xiao-Wu Deng,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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Fei Han ,

* E-mail: hanfei@sysucc.org.cn (FH); lutx@sysucc.org.cn (TXL)

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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Tai-Xiang Lu

* E-mail: hanfei@sysucc.org.cn (FH); lutx@sysucc.org.cn (TXL)

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, PR China
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Retrospective Analysis of 234 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients with Distant Metastasis at Initial Diagnosis: Therapeutic Approaches and Prognostic Factors

Lei Zeng,
Yun-Ming Tian,
Ying Huang,
Xue-Ming Sun,
Feng-Hua Wang,
Xiao-Wu Deng,
Fei Han,
Tai-Xiang Lu

Published: September 23, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108070

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