Malnutrition-related symptom clusters and quality of life in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients during radiotherapy: a network analysis
NPC patients experience multiple co-occurring symptoms that organize into distinct clusters associated with QoL throughout radiotherapy. Dysphagia in head-neck SC and malnutrition deserve to be priorities for early management to relieve the global network burdens.
Authors
- Feng-Yan Li
- Yu Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5260-316X)
- Yuxian Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2348-4207)
- Lecheng Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-4556)
- Su-Man Zhang
- Yong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4038-0493)
- Zihang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8903-0171)
- Hao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-9977)
- Ling-Xin Xu
- Meng-Yu Hao
- Jia-Wei Lv
- Yao Zhuang Chuah
- Yanfei Liu
- Hua Li
- Ying Sun
- Peng Sun
- Guan-Qun Zhou
- Jian Ji
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- United Imaging Healthcare (China) (CN)
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (CN)
- Guangzhou Electronic Technology (China) (CN)
- Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
- Southern Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-026-15694-z
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00