Low Prognostic Nutritional Index Correlates with Worse Survival in Patients with Advanced NSCLC following EGFR-TKIs

Jin Sheng; Yun-Peng Yang; Yu-Xiang Ma; Tao Qin; Zhi-Huang Hu; Shao-Dong Hong; Ting Zhou; Yan Huang; Hong-Yun Zhao; Li Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147226

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Low Prognostic Nutritional Index Correlates with Worse Survival in Patients with Advanced NSCLC following EGFR-TKIs

Jin Sheng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Sheng, Yun-Peng Yang, Yu-Xiang Ma

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Yun-Peng Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Sheng, Yun-Peng Yang, Yu-Xiang Ma

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Yu-Xiang Ma ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Sheng, Yun-Peng Yang, Yu-Xiang Ma

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Tao Qin,

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Zhi-Huang Hu,

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Shao-Dong Hong,

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Ting Zhou,

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Yan Huang,

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Hong-Yun Zhao,

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Li Zhang

* E-mail: zhangli6@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliations Medical Oncology of Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Low Prognostic Nutritional Index Correlates with Worse Survival in Patients with Advanced NSCLC following EGFR-TKIs

Jin Sheng,
Yun-Peng Yang,
Yu-Xiang Ma,
Tao Qin,
Zhi-Huang Hu,
Shao-Dong Hong,
Ting Zhou,
Yan Huang,
Hong-Yun Zhao,
Li Zhang

Published: January 19, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147226

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