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Quantification of plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
The New England journal of medicine - 10 Jun 2004
Lin Jin-Ching, Wang Wen-Yi, Chen Kuang Y, Wei Yau-Huei, Liang Wen-Miin, Jan Jian-Sheng, Jiang Rong-San
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BACKGROUND: We investigated the clinical significance of plasma concentrations of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. METHODS: Ninety-nine patients with biopsy-proven stage III or IV nasopharyngeal carcinoma and no evidence of metastasis (M0) received 10 weekly chemotherapy treatments followed by radiotherapy. Plasma samples from the patients were subjected to a...
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