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CASE REPORT

Familial clustering of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a non-endemic geographical region. Report of two Hungarian cases and a review of the literature

Judit Olajos Department of Oncoradiology, Jósa András County Hospital, Nyíregyháza, HungaryCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Erzsébet Füle Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jósa András County Hospital, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
,
József Erfán Department of Oncoradiology, Jósa András County Hospital, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
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László Krenács Laboratory of Tumor Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Institute for Biotechnology, Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research, Szeged, Hungary
,
Éva Stelkovics Laboratory of Tumor Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Institute for Biotechnology, Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research, Szeged, Hungary
,
Mónika Francz Department of Pathology, Jósa András County Hospital, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
,
Erzsébet Lengyel Department of Radiology and Oncotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
,
Yousuf Al-Farhat Department of Oncotherapy, Pécs University of Sciences, Pécs, Hungary
&
Olga Ésik Department of Oncotherapy, Pécs University of Sciences, Pécs, Hungary
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Pages 1008-1013 | Received 25 Jan 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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