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Open AccessGraft-vs-tumor effect in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer treated with nonmyeloablative allogeneic PBSC transplantation
While nonmyeloablative peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (NST) has shown efficacy against several solid tumors, it is untested in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). In a phase II clinical trial, 21 patients...
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Open AccessSurgery and adjuvant radiotherapy vs concurrent chemoradiotherapy in stage III/IV nonmetastatic squamous cell head and neck cancer: a randomised comparison
We compared concurrent combination chemotherapy and radiotherapy with surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with stage III/IV nonmetastatic squamous cell head and neck cancer. Patients with non-nasopha...
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Open AccessGefitinib is more effective in never-smokers with non-small-cell lung cancer: experience among Asian patients
We retrospectively analysed the results of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer treated with gefitinib to derive clinical factors predictive of response and a favourable survival outcome. Patients...
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Open AccessValidation of a new prognostic index score for disseminated nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma have variable survival outcomes. We previously designed a scoring system to better prognosticate these patients. Here, we report results on validation of this ...
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Open AccessQuick-FLIC: validation of a short questionnaire for assessing quality of life of cancer patients
A practically useful measure of quality of life should be simple and quick to complete. A shortened Chinese version of the Functional Living Index – Cancer (FLIC) was recently proposed and was called Quick-FLI...
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Adjuvant Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Complete resection of tumor is a critical component of curative treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This holds true for patients with early stage disease as well as more advanced lo...
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Human pancreatic adenocarcinoma: In vitro and in vivo morphology of a new tumor line established from ascites
A human pancreatic tumor cell line has been established from the ascites of a patient with histopathologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas and maintained for more than 12 months in the...