Abstract
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is rare in most countries (incidence rate of less than 1 per 100,000) but is a major health problem in some regions (incidence rate as high as 5.8 per 100,000 with a mortality rate of 2.6 per 100,000 reported in 1981 from Taiwan). A search for etiologic factors and development of specific methods of eradication of this cancer remain the focus of investigation by many workers in the field and is the subject of this Symposium. Equally necessary, however, are continued efforts to identify early cases through serologic and cytologic screening, and the development of more effective therapeutic modalities for all stages of illness. The current survival rate of 30–60% reported from various regions of the world is a phase of clinical development which warrants further improvement.
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Huang, A.T., Crocker, I.R., Fisher, S.R., Wallman, M.J. (1985). Management of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. In: Levine, P.H., Ablashi, D.V., Pearson, G.R., Kottaridis, S.D. (eds) Epstein-Barr Virus and Associated Diseases. Developments in Medical Virology, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2625-0_59
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