Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the Northeastern states of India

• Published in: Chinese Journal of Cancer
• Main Authors: Kataki, Amal Chandra, Simons, Malcolm J., Das, Ashok Kumar, Sharma, Kalpana, Mehra, Narinder Kumar
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center 2011
• Subjects: Focused Feature: NPC epidemiology and genetics; Arctic; Zhongshan
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4013339; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21272442; https://doi.org/10.5732/cjc.010.10607

Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is a rare disease in most parts of the world, except for Southeast Asia, some parts of North Africa and the Arctic. It is mostly seen in people of Chinese origin. In India, NPC is also rare, except for the Hill States of Northeast India, particularly Nagaland, Manipur, an...