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ArticleOncology letters2015

Pretreatment platelet count as a predictor for survival and distant metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.

Yu-Pei Chen, Chen Chen, Zhuo-Yao Mai, Jin Gao, Lu-Jun Shen, Bing-Cheng Zhao, Meng-Kun Chen, Gang Chen, Fang Yan, Tong-Yi Huang and 1 more

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Article in Oncology letters, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Yu-Pei ChenState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Chen ChenState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Zhuo-Yao MaiState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Jin GaoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, P.R. China.
Lu-Jun ShenState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Bing-Cheng ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Meng-Kun ChenState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Gang ChenState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Fang YanState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Tong-Yi HuangState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Yun-Fei XiaState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China ; Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the prognostic value of different pretreatment platelet (PLT) counts on the treatment outcome in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) or radiotherapy (RT) alone. A total of 1,501 NPC patients, including 412 receiving CCRT and 1,089 receiving RT, were enrolled in the present study. The PLT count cut-off points for the CCRT and RT groups were 150 and 300×10

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concurrent chemoradiotherapynasopharyngeal carcinomaplatelet countpredictorprognosisradiotherapy

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PMCPMC4314978

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