Journal Call no. | AP8.V37 |
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Author | Lau, Adelaide. |
Article Title | Cancer killer no.4 : Southern China have a high risk of getting nasal cancer / Adelaide Lau. |
Is Part Of | Varsity ; no.25, May 1996, p.33-34, illus. |
Abstract | For every 100,000 people in Hong Kong, 19 get nasopharyngeal cancer, which is also known as nasal cancer. It is the no.4 killer among all kinds of cancers in Hong Kong. According to Dr. John M. Nicholls, a lecturer in the Department of Pathology at the University of Hong Kong, there are three causes explaining why nasal cancer is so common in southern China. |