Low Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) Predicts Unfavorable Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Lin Yang; Liangping Xia; Yan Wang; Shaodong Hong; Haiyang Chen; Shaobo Liang; Peijian Peng; Yong Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158853

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Low Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) Predicts Unfavorable Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Lin Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lin Yang, Liangping Xia, Yan Wang

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University cancer center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5550-3698

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Liangping Xia ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lin Yang, Liangping Xia, Yan Wang

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University cancer center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Yan Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lin Yang, Liangping Xia, Yan Wang

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University cancer center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Shaodong Hong,

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University cancer center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Haiyang Chen,

Affiliation The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Shaobo Liang,

Affiliation The First Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
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Peijian Peng,

Affiliation The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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Yong Chen

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

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University cancer center, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Low Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) Predicts Unfavorable Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Lin Yang,
Liangping Xia,
Yan Wang,
Shaodong Hong,
Haiyang Chen,
Shaobo Liang,
Peijian Peng,
Yong Chen

Published: July 11, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158853

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