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Familial and sporadic cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Taiwan.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Ung A, Chen C J, Levine P H, Cheng Y J, Brinton L A, Chen I H, Goldstein A M, Hsu M M, Chhabra S K, Chen J Y, Apple R J, Yang C S, Hildesheim A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has a striking geographic/ethnic distribution, with especially high rates among southern Chinese. Previous studies have indicated that a family history of NPC is associated with increased risk and noted familial clustering in low-risk populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We investigated differences between sporadic and familial cases of NPC in a case-control study of 375...
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