Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children-A retrospective review and demonstration of epstein-barr viral genomes in tumor cell cytoplasm: A report of the pediatric oncology group

Edith P. Hawkins; Jeffrey P. Krischer; Billie E. Smith; Hal K. Hawkins; Milton J. Finegold

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children-A retrospective review and demonstration of epstein-barr viral genomes in tumor cell cytoplasm: A report of the pediatric oncology group

Edith P. Hawkins, Jeffrey P. Krischer, Billie E. Smith, Hal K. Hawkins, Milton J. Finegold

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Twenty-seven nasopharyngeal carcinomas were entered in the Pediatric Oncology Group Rare Tumor Registry from 1973 to 1988 (15 males, 12 females; 10 white, 15 black, two unknown; ages 8 to 17 years). Eight tumors were non-keratinizing carcinomas (World Health Organization 2) and 19 were undifferentiated (World Health Organization 3). The overall 3-year survival rate was 70% (SE 11%). Nine children developed distant metastases and two were salvaged. We found that localized tumor (P = .02) and black race (P = .05) were associated with a better outcome. In situ hybridization using a biotinylated probe demonstrated Epstein-Barr virus DNA in the cytoplasm of the neoplastic epithelial cells in nine of 11 tumors examined, firmly establishing the presence of Epstein-Barr virus within the malignant cells of nasopharyngeal carcinomas of both World Health Organization 2 and World Health Organization 3 histology, rather than in the surrounding lymphocytes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	805-810
Number of pages	6
Journal	Human Pathology
Volume	21
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0046-8177(90)90049-B
State	Published - Aug 1990
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

EBV-DNA
children
histochemical in situ hybridization
nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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