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Pua KC, Subathra S, Ee YS, Goh M, Rahmah AH, Fong CH, Punithavathi N, Ong LM, Yap YY, Dipak BD, Deepak R, Lau FN, Shalini P, Atiliyana MA, Krishnan GG, Shamshinder S, Anura M, Bustam AZ, Saad M, Dahalil M, Looi LM, Shahfinaz P, Hashim O, Ng CC, Rahmat O, Amin J, Khoo AS, Kumaran NM, Teo SH, Yap LF, Subramanian SK, Tiong TS, Sim UH, Tharumalingam TW, Norlida D, Zulkarnaen M, Lai WH, ong CA, Bokari S, Lum CL, Vievekananda A, Othman A, Jayendran D, Kam A, Hassan S, Biswal B, Fariza HN, Mubassir HA, Sheikh AH.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Pulau Pinang, Jalan Residensi, 10990 Penang, Malaysia.
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a cancer which is common in Asia. We report the establishment and early results of a multi-institutional prospective study of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which seeks to systematically collect data as well as blood and tumour tissue samples from patients diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer at six centres in Malaysia. A total of 484 confirmed NPC cases were reported from the six participating centres between 1st July 2007 and 29th February 2008. Of these, 225 were newly diagnosed cases, 53 were recurrent cases and 206 were in remission at the time of reporting. Amongst the newly diagnosed cases, the most common presenting symptom was the presence of neck lumps (42%). Ophthalmo-neurologic symptoms were the presenting symptoms of 11% of the new cases. The majority of cases (75%) presented at stage III/IV.
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