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Published in: Head and Neck Pathology 1/2007

01-09-2007 | Symposia

Update on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Author: Lester D. R. Thompson

Published in: Head and Neck Pathology | Issue 1/2007

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The most common type of nasopharyngeal tumor is nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The etiology is multifactorial with race, genetics, environment and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) all playing a role. While rare in Caucasian populations, it is one of the most frequent nasopharyngeal cancers in Chinese, and has endemic clusters in Alaskan Eskimos, Indians, and Aleuts. Interestingly, as native-born Chinese migrate, the incidence diminishes in successive generations, although still higher than the native population. …
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Metadata
Title
Update on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Author
Lester D. R. Thompson
Publication date
01-09-2007
Publisher
Humana Press Inc
Published in
Head and Neck Pathology / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1936-0568
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-007-0012-7

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