ABSTRACT

Hong Kong Med J 1997;3:355-61 | Number 4, December 1997
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: presenting symptoms and duration before diagnosis
AWM Lee, W Foo, SCK Law, YF Poon, WM Sze, SK O, SY Tung, WH Lau
Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
 
 
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
 
Key words: Nasopharyngeal neoplasms/diagnosis; Outcome and process assessment (health care); Survival analysis
 
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