Abstract

This is a retrospective analysis of 4768 patients with undifferentiated or non-keratinising carcinoma of the nasopharynx who were treated during 1 January 1976 to 31 December 1985. The mean duration of symptoms before diagnosis was 8 months (range, 1-36 months for 95% of patients). A significant association between the duration of symptoms and the presenting stage was observed (P

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Title
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: presenting symptoms and duration before diagnosis
Author
Lee, AWM; Foo, W; Law, SCK; Poon, Y F; Sze, WM; SK O; Tung, SY; Lau, W H
First page
355
Publication year
1997
Publication date
Dec 1997
Publisher
Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
ISSN
10242708
e-ISSN
22268707
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Chinese; English
ProQuest document ID
2788364546
Copyright
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