Table 1 Summary of patient and tumour characteristics of all NPC cases
| Patient characteristic | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 49 (73.1) |
| Female | 18 (26.9) |
| Age mean, range | 48, 12–74 |
| Stage | |
| II | 10 (14.9) |
| III | 21 (31.3) |
| IV | 35 (52.2) |
| Not available | 1 |
| Virus status | |
| EBV-HPV- | 9 (13.4) |
| EBV+HPV- | 47 (70.2) |
| EBV-HPV+ | 11 (16.4) |
| EBV+HPV+ | 0 |
| Ethnicity | |
| White | 34 (50.7) |
| Far Eastern Asian | 17 (25.4) |
| Black | 14 (20.9) |
| North African | 2 (3.0) |
| Histological subtype | |
| KSCC | 6 (8.9) |
| NK-D | 20 (29.9) |
| NK-U | 40 (59.7) |
| BSCC | 1 (1.5) |