Tonsillenkarzinome und Epstein-Barr-Virus ( = Tonsillar cancer and Epstein-Barr virus)

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-206977
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.20697

Wilmes, E. ; Wolf, Hans J. ; Haus, M.

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Abstract

Epstein-Barr Virus is an important aetiological factor in the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Serology suggested that besides NPC some other tumours located within the lymphoepithelial ring of the throat (Waldeyer's ring) might be associated with EBV. Nucleic-acid hybridizations were carried out to detect the presence of EBV-DNA in tumour biopsies derived from tonsillar carcinomas. ...