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May 01, 2013
Pretreatment body mass index as an independent prognostic factor in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy: Findings from a randomised trial
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- May 01, 2013
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- 49(8)
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National Natural Science Foundation of China
Award: 30600755
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Pei-Yu Huang, Cheng-Tao Wang, Ka-Jia Cao, et al. (2013). Pretreatment body mass index as an independent prognostic factor in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy: Findings from a randomised trial. European Journal of Cancer, 49(8), 1923-1931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2013.01.027
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