Neoadjuvant and Concurrent Chemotherapy Have Varied Impacts on the Prognosis of Patients with the Ascending and Descending Types of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Ji-Jin Yao; Guan-Qun Zhou; Fan Zhang; Wang-Jian Zhang; Li Lin; Ling-Long Tang; Yan-Ping Mao; Jun Ma; Ying Sun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161878

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Neoadjuvant and Concurrent Chemotherapy Have Varied Impacts on the Prognosis of Patients with the Ascending and Descending Types of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Ji-Jin Yao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-Jin Yao, Guan-Qun Zhou, Fan Zhang

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, Department of Radiation Oncology, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519001, Guangdong Province, China
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Guan-Qun Zhou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-Jin Yao, Guan-Qun Zhou, Fan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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Fan Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-Jin Yao, Guan-Qun Zhou, Fan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519001, Guangdong Province, China
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Wang-Jian Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology & Health Information Research Centre & Guangdong Key Laboratory of Medicine, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China
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Li Lin,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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Ling-Long Tang,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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Yan-Ping Mao,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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Jun Ma,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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Ying Sun

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

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Centre, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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Neoadjuvant and Concurrent Chemotherapy Have Varied Impacts on the Prognosis of Patients with the Ascending and Descending Types of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated with Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Ji-Jin Yao,
Guan-Qun Zhou,
Fan Zhang,
Wang-Jian Zhang,
Li Lin,
Ling-Long Tang,
Yan-Ping Mao,
Jun Ma,
Ying Sun

Published: October 26, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161878

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