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Nasopharyngeal Brush Biopsies and Detection of Nasopharyngeal Cancer in a High-Risk Population
5 May 1999
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an important tumor in many countries. Ethnic and regional factors strongly influence disease risk. NPC is usually diagnosed late in disease development, and 10-year survival rates are as low as 10%. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a possibly causative agent, is present in all cells of essentially all undifferentiated NPCs. We wished to determine the following: 1) whether an...
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