Pretreatment subcutaneous adipose tissue predicts the outcomes of patients with head and neck cancer receiving definitive radiation and chemoradiation in Taiwan
Abstract We aimed to determine whether body composition assessment before treatment can predict outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). All 881 patients with locoregional head and neck cancer treated with curative intent radiotherapy (RT) between 2005 and 2012 were retrospectively inve...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-05-01
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Series: | Cancer Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1365 |