Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) generally occurs in adults, especially in high-prevalence populations such as the Chinese and Eskimos. In Maghrebian populations, young patients affected with this malignancy represent 25% of the total NPC cases. In adults with NPC,
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in young patients
โ Scribed by Dr. Jonathan S. T. Sham; Y. F. Poon; William I. Wei; D. Choy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 439 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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