The aetiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Authors: McDermott A.L.; Dutt S.N.; Watkinson J.C.

Source: Clinical Otolaryngology & Allied Sciences, Volume 26, Number 2, April 2001 , pp. 82-92(0)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a disease with a remarkable racial and geographical distribution. In most parts of the world it is a rare condition and in only a handful of places does this low risk profile alter. These include the Southern Chinese,^1,2 Eskimos and other Arctic natives,^3,4 inhabitants of South-East Asia and also the populations of North Africa and Kuwait.^5–8

Keywords: nasopharyngeal carcinoma; aetiology; epidemiology

Language: English

Document Type: Review article

Publication date: 2001-04-01

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