Diagnosis Of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma By DNA Amplification Of EBV Genomes In Nasopharyngeal Biopsy And Fine Needle Aspiration Of Neck Nodes.

• Main Authors: Hassan, Shahid, Yap, Y.Y, M., Ravichandran
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/165/1/Diagnosis_Of_Nasopharyngeal_Carcinoma_By_DNA.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/165/

Naspharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) is common in Malaysia but diagnosis is sometimes delayed for non-representative biopsy,submucosal disease and occult primaries - increasing morbidity and mortality. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with all types of NPC and DNA in tumor cells is detectable by polym...