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Table 1 Patients' characteristics

From: Role of plasma EBV DNA levels in predicting recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a western population

Number of patients

36

Median age (years)

52.0

Range

29-58

Sex – n (%)

Male

26 (72.2)

WHO histology – n (%)

IIa

2 (5.6)

IIb

34 (94.4)

AJCC stage - n (%)

IIb

11 (30.6)

III

16 (44.4)

IVa

6 (16.7)

IVb

3 (8.3)

WHO Performance status

0

33 (91.7)

1

3 (8.3)

Positive EBV-DNA

36 (100)

  1. WHO = World Health Organization.
  2. AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer.
  3. EBV = Epstein-Barr Virus.
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BMC Cancer

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