Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in adolescent patients: A Case Series

Sathasivam HP 1 , Chew SYL 1 , Kim WR 1 , Saw CL 2 , Tan LP 3 , Tengku Din TADA 4 Show all authors , Adam NA 3 , Hasbullah HH 5 , Wan Sohaimi WF 6 , Tan TY 7 , Lum CL 8 , Pua KC 9 , Khoo AS 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Biobank Unit, Cancer Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
  • 2 Penang Health Services, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
  • 3 Molecular Pathology Unit, Cancer Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 5 Faculty of Medicine, MARA Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh Campus, Malaysia
  • 6 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy and Oncology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 7 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sarawak General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
  • 8 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
  • 9 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Penang Hospital, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Clin Otolaryngol, 2022 Feb 16.
PMID: 35170855 DOI: 10.1111/coa.13917

Abstract

1. Majority of adolescent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients present with advanced locoregional disease. 2. The ethnic distribution of patients with adolescent NPC could be different from that of adult NPC suggesting a possible difference in aetiopathogenesis. 3. The late presentation of adolescent NPC underlies the importance of recognizing the clinical presentation and characteristics of this cancer.

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