Diagnosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by DNA Amplification of Tissue Obtained by Fine-Needle Aspiration
- 2 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 326 (1) , 17-21
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199201023260103
Abstract
In nasopharyngeal carcinoma the primary lesion is often difficult to find. Metastatic lesions occur frequently but are difficult to distinguish from other head and neck tumors. The viral genome of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can be identified in the cells of this carcinoma.Keywords
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