Frequent chromosome 9p losses in histologically normal nasopharyngeal epithelia from southern Chinese

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 300-303

  Chan, Andrew Siu Chung ^a   To, Ka Fai ^a   Lo, Kwok Wai ^a   Ding, Min ^b   Li, Xianghong ^c   Johnson, Philip ^a   Huang, Dolly Poon ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chromosome 9p; Epstein Barr virus; Histologically normal nasopharyngeal epithelium; Loss of heterozygosity; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME LOSS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASIA; EPITHELIUM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037145744     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10689     Document Type: Article

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