Diabetes, Prediabetes and the Survival of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Study of 5,860 Patients

Pu-Yun OuYang; Zhen Su; Jie Tang; Xiao-Wen Lan; Yan-Ping Mao; Wuguo Deng; Fang-Yun Xie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111073

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Diabetes, Prediabetes and the Survival of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Study of 5,860 Patients

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, Guangdong, China
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Zhen Su,

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, Guangdong, 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, Guangdong, China
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Xiao-Wen Lan,

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, Guangdong, China
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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, Guangdong, China
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Wuguo Deng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Wuguo Deng, Fang-Yun Xie

¶These authors are senior authors on this work.

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

Contributed equally to this work with: Wuguo Deng, Fang-Yun Xie

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

¶These authors are senior authors on this work.

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, Guangdong, China
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Diabetes, Prediabetes and the Survival of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Study of 5,860 Patients

Pu-Yun OuYang,
Zhen Su,
Jie Tang,
Xiao-Wen Lan,
Yan-Ping Mao,
Wuguo Deng,
Fang-Yun Xie

Published: October 28, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111073

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