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childhood nasopharyngeal cancer  

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  • 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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-B44VGDS2-B

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