## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that genetic susceptibility may play an important role in the etiology of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). However, to date, few largeβscale studies have been conducted on familial risk and clustering of NPC in a highβrisk area of China. ## ME
Familial risk and clustering of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Guangdong, China
β Scribed by Jeppe Friborg; Jan Wohlfahrt; Mads Melbye
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 58 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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