Combining Transoral Nasopharyngeal Brush and Plasma Epstein-Barr Virus DNA in Detecting Locally Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.
Ronald LaiDavid Chun Man YeungZenon Wing Chi YeungThomas Sin Chun HuiWai Kei Jacky LamKwan Chee Allen ChanCherrie Wing Kei NgZion Wing Hei ToRyan Hung Wai ChoCatherine Po Ling ChanCalvin Chee Fung LaiNatalie Moon Wah LeungEddy Wai Yeung WongJoseph Chun Kit ChungRaymond King Yin TsangKenneth Wing Sum LiJames Chung Hang ChowKen Ka Man CheungJason Ying-Kuen ChanPublished in: Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2023)
The combination of NP brush biopsy and plasma EBV DNA is potentially an additional surveillance modality in detecting the local recurrence of NPC. Further study with a larger sample size would be required to validate the cutoff values.