Benefits of local tumor excision and pharyngectomy on the survival of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients: a retrospective observational study based on SEER database
Abstract Background There is ongoing debate about surgery of primary site in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Methods 3919 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma identified in the SEER registry between 2004 and 2013. The benefit of surgery of primary nasopharynx tumor site on overall and cancer-sp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Translational Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-017-1204-x |