Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare cancer in Europe and
North America, occurring in less than one case per 100,000 people
each year. It is approximately 2-fold more frequent in men than in
women.1 Very high incidence rates were reported in China, in
South-eastern Asia, in the Arctic region,2 and in immigrants from
these high-risk areas.2
The World Health Organisation has recognised three histological
types of NPC.3,4 Type I, representing squamous cell carcinoma,
is similar to carcinomas arising from other sites of head and neck.
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare cancer in Europe and
North America, occurring in less than one case per 100,000 people
each year. It is approximately 2-fold more frequent in men than in
women.1 Very high incidence rates were reported in China, in
South-eastern Asia, in the Arctic region,2 and in immigrants from
these high-risk areas.2
The World Health Organisation has recognised three histological
types of NPC.3,4 Type I, representing squamous cell carcinoma,
is similar to carcinomas arising from other sites of head and neck.
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