Proposed modifications and incorporation of plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA improve the TNM staging system for Epstein-Barr virus-related nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Background: The prognosis of patients who have Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in which the tumor tissues harbor EBV have a better prognosis than those without EBV-related NPC. Therefore, the eighth edition of the TNM staging system could be modified for EBV-related N...

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Published in:	Cancer (0008543X) Vol. 125; no. 1; pp. 79 - 90
Main Authors:	Guo, Rui, Tang, Ling‐Long, Mao, Yan‐Ping, Du, Xiao‐Jing, Chen, Lei, Zhang, Zi‐Chen, Liu, Li‐Zhi, Tian, Li, Luo, Xiao‐Tong, Xie, Yu‐Bin, Ren, Jian, Sun, Ying, Ma, Jun, Tang, Ling-Long, Mao, Yan-Ping, Du, Xiao-Jing, Zhang, Zi-Chen, Liu, Li-Zhi, Luo, Xiao-Tong, Xie, Yu-Bin
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jan2019
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost