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Geriatric nutritional risk index as an independent prognostic factor in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated using radical concurrent chemoradiotherapy: a retrospective cohort study

Qing‐Nan Tang, H. Qiu, Xiaoqing Sun, Shanshan Guo, Li‐Ting Liu, Yue‐Feng Wen, Sai‐Lan Liu, Haojun Xie, Yu-Jing Liang, Xuesong Sun,

Annals of Translational Medicine · 2021 · 21 citations · 29 references

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Pretreatment GNRI is an independent prognostic factor for NPC patients. The combination of baseline GNRI score and EBV DNA level improved the prognostic stratification of NPC patients.

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Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries

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Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index: a new index for evaluating at-risk elderly medical patients

O. Bouillanne, Gilles Morineau, Claire Dupont et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2005 · 2.3K citations

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Induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a phase 3, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

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Quantification of Plasma Epstein–Barr Virus DNA in Patients with Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

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Analysis of Plasma Epstein–Barr Virus DNA to Screen for Nasopharyngeal Cancer

K.C. Allen Chan, John K. S. Woo, Ann D. King et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2017 · 757 citations