Disease/Syndrome |
Nasopharynx cancer |
Category |
Cancer, Occupational |
Acute/Chronic |
Chronic |
Synonyms |
Nasopharyngeal Cancer; Nasopharyngeal neoplasms; Cancer of nasopharynx |
Biomedical References |
Search PubMed |
Comments |
There is suggestive evidence that mustard gas and formaldehyde can cause occupational nasopharyngeal cancer. [Siemiatycki, p. 334] |
Latency/Incubation |
Years to decades |
Diagnostic |
Biopsy |
ICD-9 Code |
147 |
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Related Information in Haz-Map |
Agents |
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