Critical weight loss is a major prognostic indicator for disease-specific survival in patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiotherapy

BACKGROUND: Pre-treatment weight loss (WL) is a prognostic indicator for overall survival (OS) in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. This study investigates the association between WL before or during radiotherapy and disease-specific survival (DSS) in HNC patients. METHODS: In 1340 newly diagnose...

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Autores principales: Langius, J A E, Bakker, S, Rietveld, D H F, Kruizenga, H M, Langendijk, J A, Weijs, P J M, Leemans, C R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23928661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.458

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23928661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.458

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