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Prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a large institution-based cohort study from an endemic area

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Published Online: 2019-01-08

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

Yao, Ji-Jin

Zhu, Feng-Ting

Dong, Jun

Liang, Zi-Bin

Yang, Le-Wei

Chen, Shao-Yi

Zhang, Wang-Jian

Lawrence, Wayne R.

Zhang, Fan

Wang, Si-Yang

Sun, Ying http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5888-2929
Zhou, Guan-Qun
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

the Health and Medical Collaborative Innovation Project of Guangzhou City, China (201604020003)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81402532)
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Article History

Received: 28 December 2017

Accepted: 20 December 2018

First Online: 8 January 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study was conducted in compliance with institutional policy to protect patients’ private information, and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. As the current study was a retrospective assessment of routine data, the ethics committee of our Cancer Center waived the need for individual informed consent.

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