Overweight/obese status associates with favorable outcome in patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a 10-year retrospective study

Overweight/obese status associates with favorable outcome in patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a 10-year retrospective study

Abstract Background Although the prognostic impact of body mass index (BMI) in patients with non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) had been extensively studied, its effect among metastatic NPC patients remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic effect of BMI in...

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Main Authors: Wang Li, Lu-Jun Shen, Tao Chen, Xu-Qi Sun, Ying Zhang, Ming Wu, Wan-Hong Shu, Chen Chen, Chang-Chuan Pan, Yun-Fei Xia, Pei-Hong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-08-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Cancer
Subjects:
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Body mass index
Metastasis
Prognosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-016-0139-6

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