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Overweight/obese status associates with favorable outcome in patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a 10-year retrospective study
- Source :
- Chinese Journal of Cancer, Vol 35, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2016.
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Abstract
- 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 patients with metastatic NPC. Methods We retrospectively studied 819 patients who were diagnosed with distant metastasis from NPC and received treatment between 1998 and 2007. The patients were divided into three subgroups according to the World Health Organization classifications for Asian populations: underweight (BMI
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1944446X
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Chinese Journal of Cancer
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.135fb894e12a4ac991d01557397e1c0d
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40880-016-0139-6