The distinctive profile of risk factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in comparison with other head and neck cancer types.

• Main Authors: Abdulamir, Ahmed Sahib, Hafidh, Rand Riadh, Abdulmuhaimen, N., Abu Bakar, Fatimah, Abbas, Kassim Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17061/1/The%20distinctive%20profile%20of%20risk%20factors%20of%20nasopharyngeal%20carcinoma%20in%20comparison%20with%20other%20head%20and%20neck%20cancer%20types.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17061/

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and other head and neck cancer (HNCA) types show a great epidemiological variation in different regions of the world. NPC has multifactorial etiology and many interacting risk factors are involved in NPC development mainly Epstein Barr virus (EBV). There is a need to s...