Ambient Temperature and Screening for Nasopharyngeal Cancer Letter

Screening for EBV was previously found to improve survival in nasopharyngeal cancer. The authors now report that false positive results were more common among older people and people in colder climates. Screening may yield fewer false positive results if conducted in summer.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 378; no. 10; p. 962
Main Authors Chan, KC Allen, Chu, Sam WI, Lo, YM Dennis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Massachusetts Medical Society 08.03.2018
Subjects
Age
Cancer
Charitable foundations
Cold
Cytomegalovirus
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Informed consent
Plasma
China
Hong Kong China
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Summary:Screening for EBV was previously found to improve survival in nasopharyngeal cancer. The authors now report that false positive results were more common among older people and people in colder climates. Screening may yield fewer false positive results if conducted in summer.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc1800433