Challenges in the modification of the M1 stage of the TNM staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A study of 1027 cases and review of the literature

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 334-338

  Pan, Hang Chuan ^a,b   Lu, Jin ^a   Yu, Jing Rui ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Li, Wang ^a   Huang, Zi Lin ^b   Zhao, Ming ^b   Huang, Zhi Mei ^b   Xia, Yun Fei ^b   Wu, Yan Hen ^b   Wu, Pei Hong ^b  

^a SICHUAN CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Distant metastasis; M1 stage; Metastatic survival; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER METASTASIS; LOG RANK TEST; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862637951     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.584     Document Type: Review

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