Quantification of Epstein-Barr virus DNA load, interleukin-6, interleukin-10, transforming growth factor-β1 and stem cell factor in plasma of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a common epithelial neoplasm among the Chinese populations in Southern China and South East Asia. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is known to be an important etiologic agent of NPC and the viral gene produc...

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Main Authors: Kananathan R, Selvaratnam G, Tan Eng-lai, Sam Choon-kook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-09-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/6/227