Table 1.

The clinical characteristics of 40 patients with NPC and 21 benign nasopharyngeal masses

Characteristic	No. (%) of NPC patients	No. (%) of benign masses
Total cases	40 (100%)	21 (100%)
Age Range	13-72	8-67
Gender
Male	25 (62.5%)	12 (57.1%)
Female	15 (37.5%)	9 (42.9%)
Recurrence
No	20 (50%)	-
Yes	20 (50%)	-