Prognostic value of pretreatment serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase in nonmetastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Single-site analysis of 601 patients in a highly endemic area

OncoTargets and Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 739-749

  Wei, Zhengbo ^a   Zeng, Xianjie ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Duan, Xuwei ^a   Xie, Ying ^b  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Experimental Center for Medical Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Early stage; Late stage; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognosis; Serum lactate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84901343588     PISSN: 11786930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S59804     Document Type: Article

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