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ArticleCancers2023

Increased Prevalence of EBV Infection in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients: A Six-Year Cross-Sectional Study.

Abdullah E Al-Anazi, Bader S Alanazi, Huda M Alshanbari, Emad Masuadi, Maaweya E Hamed, Iman Dandachi, Abdulrahman Alkathiri, Atif Hanif, Islam Nour, Hanadi Fatani and 6 more

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Abdullah E Al-AnaziComprehensive Cancer Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5901-8278
Bader S AlanaziResearch Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5931-8409
Huda M AlshanbariDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5154-7477
Emad MasuadiInstitute of Public Health, College of Medicine, UAE University, Al Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-7360-7693
Maaweya E HamedResearch Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.
Iman DandachiResearch Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7388-5984
Abdulrahman AlkathiriBotany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7081-7209
Atif HanifBotany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.
Islam NourBotany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6661-0982
Hanadi FataniPathology Clinical Laboratory Medicine Administration, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.
Hadel AlsaranResearch Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad AlKhareebPathology Clinical Laboratory Medicine Administration, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.
Ali Al ZahraniComprehensive Cancer Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah A AlsharmComprehensive Cancer Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.
Saleh EifanBotany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 12372, Saudi Arabia.
Bandar AlosaimiResearch Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4719-2655

Funding

King Saud University GSR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is implicated in the carcinogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and currently associated with at least 1% of global cancers. The differential prognosis analysis of NPC in EBV genotypes remains to be elucidated. Medical, radiological, pathological, and laboratory reports of 146 NPC patients were collected retrospectively over a 6-year period between 2015 and 2020. From the pathology archives, DNA was extracted from tumor blocks and used for EBV nuclear antigen 3C (EBNA-3C) genotyping by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We found a high prevalence of 96% of EBV infection in NPC patients with a predominance of genotype I detected in 73% of NPC samples. Histopathological examination showed that most of the NPC patients were in the advanced stages of cancer: stage III (38.4%) or stage IV-B (37.7%). Only keratinized squamous cell carcinoma was significantly higher in EBV negative NPC patients compared with those who were EBV positive (OR = 0.01, 95%CI = (0.004-0.32;

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EBVepidemiologygenotypingNPCprevalenceSaudi Arabia

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PMID36765601
PMCPMC9913071

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