A prospective study of the impact of nasopharyngeal cancer and radiotherapy on the psychosocial condition of Chinese patients

Radiotherapy (RT) promises optimistic results in the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). The objective of the current study was to map out prospectively the impact of NPC and RT on patients from diagnosis to 1 year posttreatment.

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