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*"Nasopharyngeal carcinoma" is the name of an entity - it is not a descriptive term. | *"Nasopharyngeal carcinoma" is the name of an entity - it is not a descriptive term. | ||
*Strong association with [[Epstein-Barr virus]] (EBV). | *Strong association with [[Epstein-Barr virus]] (EBV). | ||
*Moderate risk | *Moderate risk increase for [[smokers]].<ref name=pmid23785114>{{Cite journal | last1 = Xue | first1 = WQ. | last2 = Qin | first2 = HD. | last3 = Ruan | first3 = HL. | last4 = Shugart | first4 = YY. | last5 = Jia | first5 = WH. | title = Quantitative association of tobacco smoking with the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a comprehensive meta-analysis of studies conducted between 1979 and 2011. | journal = Am J Epidemiol | volume = 178 | issue = 3 | pages = 325-38 | month = Aug | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1093/aje/kws479 | PMID = 23785114 }}</ref> | ||
*Uncommon in the Western World<ref name=pmid23337060>{{Cite journal | last1 = Colaco | first1 = RJ. | last2 = Betts | first2 = G. | last3 = Donne | first3 = A. | last4 = Swindell | first4 = R. | last5 = Yap | first5 = BK. | last6 = Sykes | first6 = AJ. | last7 = Slevin | first7 = NJ. | last8 = Homer | first8 = JJ. | last9 = Lee | first9 = LW. | title = Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective review of demographics, treatment and patient outcome in a single centre. | journal = Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) | volume = 25 | issue = 3 | pages = 171-7 | month = Mar | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.clon.2012.10.006 | PMID = 23337060 }}</ref> - endemic in the East. | *Uncommon in the Western World<ref name=pmid23337060>{{Cite journal | last1 = Colaco | first1 = RJ. | last2 = Betts | first2 = G. | last3 = Donne | first3 = A. | last4 = Swindell | first4 = R. | last5 = Yap | first5 = BK. | last6 = Sykes | first6 = AJ. | last7 = Slevin | first7 = NJ. | last8 = Homer | first8 = JJ. | last9 = Lee | first9 = LW. | title = Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective review of demographics, treatment and patient outcome in a single centre. | journal = Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) | volume = 25 | issue = 3 | pages = 171-7 | month = Mar | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.clon.2012.10.006 | PMID = 23337060 }}</ref> - endemic in the East. | ||