Epstein-Barr viral latent and early antigen serology in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

• Main Author: Tan, Timothy Ter Ming.
• Other Authors: Gan-Yap, Yik Yuen
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Virology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14073
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is cancer of the nasopharynx in humans. It is an insidious and often rapidly fatal disease that is rare worldwide, but is very common among the Chinese from southern China and south-east Asia. It is difficult to detect since, in its early stages, patients are asymptoma...