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Pretreatment Quality of Life As a Predictor of Distant Metastasis and Survival for Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Fu‐Min Fang, Wen‐Ling Tsai, Chih‐Yen Chien, Hui‐Chun Chen, Hsuan‐Chih Hsu, Tai‐Lin Huang, Tsair-Fwu Lee, Hsuan‐Ying Huang, Chien‐Hung Lee

Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2010 · 53 citations · 26 references

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Our findings indicate that pretreatment QoL variables, especially physical functioning, provide easily available prognostic value for distant metastasis and survival in patients with NPC.

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