Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Reports outline nasopharyngeal carcinoma study findings from Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 11th, 2009

"The study aimed to delineate the relationship between F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and histological findings in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. We conducted a retrospective review of 88 patients referred to our positron emission tomography department with newly diagnosed, biopsy-proved nasopharyngeal carcinoma," scientists in Taichung, Taiwan report.

"Hospital records were reviewed for demographic and clinical data, including age, gender, body weight, histological analysis and clinical tumour stage. Nineteen out of the 88 patients (22 per cent) had nasopharyngeal carcinoma of World Health Organization type 1, 39 (44 per cent) had type 11 and 30 (34 per cent) had type III....

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-08-11)

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