The layman call it nose cancer. Doctors and health professionals call this condition naso-pharygeal carcinoma. This is a cancerous disease of the nasopharynx. Depending on the site and the stage of a nasopharyngeal tumor, there may be nasal obstruction, otitis media, hearing loss, sensory or motor nerve damage, bony destruction of the skull, or deep cervical lymphadenopathy. Diagnostic measures include nasopharyngoscopy, biopsy, and radiologic examination of the skull with  computerized tomography (CT scan) and imaging studies. Squamous cell and undifferentiated carcinomas are the most common lesions. Nasopharyngeal cancer occurs rarely in the United States and common in southern China and migrant Cantonese in South East Asia.. Exposure to dusts of nickel, chromium, wood, and leather and to isopropyl oil increases the risk of developing nasopharyngeal cancer. High titers of antibodies to the Epstein-Barr virus are found in these Chinese patients and had been proven to be a known cause.There is also evidence of genetic susceptibility, because a certain histocompatibility antigen is associated with the disease and multiple cases occur in some families. Radiation therapy is very effective when treated early, often resulting in total cure. In some clinical scenarios, 5-fluorouracil and adriamycin are used.

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