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An analysis of the efficacy of serial screening for familial nasopharyngeal carcinoma based on Markov chain models.
Familial cancer - 1 Mar 2011
Choi Cheuk Wai, Lee Michael C H, Ng Wai Tong, Law Lai Yau, Yau Tsz Kok, Lee Anne W M
Abstract excerpt
Treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) can be improved by early detection of the disease as treatment outcome worsens with disease's progression. This can be achieved with a mass screening program using Epstein Barr virus (EBV) serology and nasopharyngoscopy. The efficacy of any screening strategy should be evaluated before putting it into practice. Such evaluation is ideally performed with simulation as...
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