Changing epidemiology of nasopharyngeal
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Anne W.M. Lee; William Foo; Oscar Mang; W.M. Sze; Rick Chappell; W.H. Lau; W.M.
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Epidemiological data from the Hong Kong Cancer Registry for the period 1980โ99 were analyzed. Altogether 21,768 new cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and 8,664 related deaths were registered. In both genders, the peak incidence occurred in the 50โ59 years age group, and this age d