Preliminary assessment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma incidence in the Philippines: A second look at published data from four centers

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 159-164

  Sarmiento, Mario Paulus Cesar B ^a   Mejia, Michael Benedict A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Incidence; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Philippines

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRE; CANCER STAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896483685     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.013.10010     Document Type: Article

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