Additional Cervical Lymph Node Biopsy is Not a Significant Prognostic Factor for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in the Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Era: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis from an Epidemic Area
Conclusions: Pretreatment cervical lymph node biopsy is not associated with impaired survival in NPC, suggesting the resist of the biopsy and more aggressive treatment after the biopsy may be unnecessary.
Source: Journal of Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Xing-Li Yang, Yan Wang, Yong Bao, Shao-Bo Liang, Sha-Sha He, Dan-Ming Chen, Hai-Yang Chen, Li-Xia Lu, Yong Chen Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research
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