Clinical analysis of 526 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Objective To explore the relationshipship between age,pathology type,the degree of cell differentiation and symptom of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.Methods 526 nasopharyngeal carcinoma cases which were collected from the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University between 2005 and 2008 were analyzed.Results The age range of the cases was 12-86 years old,the average age was(49.88±12.07)years and the peak age was between 41 to 60 years.The average age of squamous carcinoma was lower.Epistaxis and cervix mass were chief symptoms when firstly diagnosis.And Ⅲ to Ⅳ stage accounted for 28% and 37.8%.Conclusion Most NPC patients are mid-age male with epistaxis and cervix mass.The cancer mostly belongs to medium or advanced stage with squamous carcinoma.