A retrospective study of 606 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with or without oropharyngeal candidiasis during radiotherapy

Wen-Ze Qiu; Liang-Ru Ke; Wei-Xiong Xia; Jing Yang; Ya-Hui Yu; Hu Liang; Xin-Jun Huang; Guo-Ying Liu; Wang-Zhong Li; Yan-Qun Xiang; Xiang Guo; Xing Lv

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0182963

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A retrospective study of 606 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with or without oropharyngeal candidiasis during radiotherapy

Wen-Ze Qiu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Ze Qiu, Liang-Ru Ke

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5994-3087

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Liang-Ru Ke ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Ze Qiu, Liang-Ru Ke

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Wei-Xiong Xia,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Jing Yang,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Shanghai, China
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Ya-Hui Yu,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Hu Liang,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Xin-Jun Huang,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Guo-Ying Liu,

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Wang-Zhong Li,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Yan-Qun Xiang,

Roles Project administration

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Xiang Guo ,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

* E-mail: lvxing@sysucc.org.cn (XL); guoxiang@sysucc.org.cn (XG)

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Xing Lv

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

* E-mail: lvxing@sysucc.org.cn (XL); guoxiang@sysucc.org.cn (XG)

Affiliations Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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A retrospective study of 606 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with or without oropharyngeal candidiasis during radiotherapy

Wen-Ze Qiu,
Liang-Ru Ke,
Wei-Xiong Xia,
Jing Yang,
Ya-Hui Yu,
Hu Liang,
Xin-Jun Huang,
Guo-Ying Liu,
Wang-Zhong Li,
Yan-Qun Xiang

Published: August 10, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182963

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