Open Access<p>Comparison of Prognosis Between Juvenile and Adult Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis</p>
Author(s) -
Chuanben Chen,
Chen Qinyan,
Yujin Xu,
Wei Zheng,
Zhixiong Lin,
Zhijuan Wu,
Wangzhong Ye,
Xinyi Huang,
Xianchai Lin,
Péter Bai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s260402
Subject(s) - medicine , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , propensity score matching , juvenile , confounding , common terminology criteria for adverse events , adverse effect , proportional hazards model , oncology , radiation therapy , biology , genetics
To investigate whether juvenile patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in China have better prognosis than their adult counterparts in the intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) era, after controlling for potential confounding variables.