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ArticleJournal of Cancer2018

A comparison of weekly versus 3-weekly cisplatin during concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma using intensity modulated radiation therapy: a matched study.

Dong-Fang Meng, Rui Sun, Li-Xia Peng, You-Sheng Huang, Qin Yang, Dong-Hua Luo, Wei-Han Hu, Fang-Yun Xie, Wei Luo, Chong Zhao and 13 more

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Dong-Fang MengState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Rui SunDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Li-Xia PengState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
You-Sheng HuangZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Qin YangState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Dong-Hua LuoState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Wei-Han HuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Fang-Yun XieDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Wei LuoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Chong ZhaoDepartment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Ling GuoDepartment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Hai-Qiang MaiDepartment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Ming-Yuan ChenDepartment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Ping XieState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Li-Sheng ZhengState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Jun-Ping YangState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Yan MeiState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Yuan-Yuan QiangState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Liang XuState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Chang-Zhi LiState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Bi-Jun HuangState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Chao-Nan QianState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.
Rui SunDepartment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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cisplatin regimenconcurrent chemoradiotherapy.IMRTnasopharyngeal carcinoma

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PMID29290773
PMCPMC5743715

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