Pretreatment lifestyle behaviors as survival predictors for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Shen, Guo Ping ^a,b   Xu, Feng Hua ^a   He, Fen ^a,c   Ruan, Hong Lian ^a   Cui, Cui ^a   Chen, Li Zhen ^a   Zeng, Yi Xin ^a   Jia, Wei Hua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84860699460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036515     Document Type: Article

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