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Familial nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a cohort of 200 patients.
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery - 1 Jan 2006
Loh Kwok Seng, Goh Boon Cher, Lu Jay, Hsieh Wen-Son, Tan Luke
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OBJECTIVES: To describe the characteristics of familial nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in a high-risk population and to determine the role of screening first-degree relations. DESIGN: An analysis on a cohort of 200 patients newly diagnosed as having NPC. SETTING: A tertiary-level institution. PATIENTS: The patients were divided into 2 groups. Patients in group 1 had a first-degree relative with NPC, and those in...
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