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The Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

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Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor of nasopharyngeal epithelium. It is the main type in nasopharyngeal malignant tumors in both endemic areas and regions with low incidence. Epi-demiological studies in NPC with the focus on etiology and biological behavior of the disease were strongly encouraged as a result of the International Union against Cancer (UICC) Symposium on Cancer of Nasopharynx held in Singapore in 1964 (Muir et al. 1967), and investigations in the past four decades have produced many important findings in those aspects. NPC has unique epidemiological features, including obvious regional, racial, and familial aggregation. The aim of this chapter is to detail the incidence and distribution of NPC, as well as risk factors of the development of the disease.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center of Sun Yat-sen University, 651 Dongfeng Road, East, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P.R. China

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute of Singapore National University Health System National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074, Republic of Singapore

    J. J. Lu (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor) (Associate Professor and Consultant, Distinguished Clinical Professor)

  2. Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, 270 Dong An Road, Shanghai, 200232, P.R. China

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Ma, J., Cao, S. (2010). The Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. In: Lu, J.J., Cooper, J.S., Lee, A.W.M. (eds) Nasopharyngeal Cancer. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92810-2_1

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