Concept information
Preferred term
childhood nasopharyngeal cancer
Definition(s)
- NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA (NPC) is a rare tumor arising from the epithelium that lines the nosopharynx, first described this disease in 1921. Nasopharygeal carcinoma makes up roughly 1 percent to 5 percent of all childhood cancers and less than 30 percent of those cancers specifically affecting the nasopharyx. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Childhood]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-B44VGDS2-B
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