Table 1.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patient profile.

Characteristic	No. of NPC patients (n = 64)
Gender*
Male	49
Female	11
Age (years)*
< 50	25
≥ 50	35
Race*
Chinese	29
Non-Chinese	31
Histological type
SCC (type I)	14
NKC (type II)	23
UC (type III)	27

^*The data were available for only 60 of 64 cases. SCC (type I), squamous cell carcinoma; NKC (type II), non-keratinizing carcinoma; UC (type III), undifferentiated carcinoma.