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NPC demonstrates a distinct racial and
geographical variation in incidence. The
annual incidence rate varies from less than 1
/ 100,000 among Caucasian populations to
more than 45 / 100,000 among the Southern
Chinese populations, including Hong Kong.
According to the 2018 Hong Kong Cancer
Registry, NPC ranked 6 th in the most
common cancer and 8 in the most common
th
cancer death in male. Global incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
