Is nasopharyngeal cancer really a "Cantonese cancer"?

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 517-526

  Wee, Joseph Tien Seng ^a   Ha, Tam Cam ^a   Loong, Susan Li Er ^a   Qian, Chao Nan ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Bai Yue; Ethnic groups; Genetics; Nasopharyngeal neoplasm; Origins; Populations

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CHINESE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESKIMO; ETHNOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; INDIAN; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROGENY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149362186     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.009.10329     Document Type: Article

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