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ArticleCancers2026

Evaluating the Prognostic Relevance of Pre-Treatment Epstein-Barr Virus Levels in Non-Endemic Pediatric Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Ahmed Farrag, Yanbo Yang, Jin Piao, Lindsay Younis, Hans-Joachim Wagner, Hans Christiansen, Tristan Römer, Allison Poore, Christopher Szot, Nadia Thibeau and 11 more

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Article in Cancers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Ahmed FarragDivision of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7377-0650
Yanbo YangDivision of Pediatric Oncology, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1532-9274
Jin PiaoDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0516-6280
Lindsay YounisChildren's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA 91016, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-0115-8836
Hans-Joachim WagnerDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Hans ChristiansenDepartment of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0960-7955
Tristan RömerDivision of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Allison PooreBiospecimen Research Group, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Christopher SzotBiospecimen Research Group, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Nadia ThibeauChildren's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA 91016, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-7649-2128
Sue S YomDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0779-7476
Benjamin A PinskyDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8751-4810
Quynh-Thu LeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3682-1439
Junne KamiharaDana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
David T TingKrantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3261-2322
Theodore W LaetschDivision of Oncology, Center for Childhood Cancer Research and Cancer Immunotherapy Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8497-3138
Kenneth S ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2304-4631
Carlos Rodriguez-GalindoDepartment of Oncology and Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2360-8946
Randall T HaydenDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3073-4115
Udo KontnyDivision of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3072-6772
Robyn D GartrellDivision of Pediatric Oncology, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3287-4223

Funding

NCTN BIQSFP ANBL1531 (NRT)U10CA180886 · NCI · PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE · PI Douglas S. Hawkins · 2014 to 2026
$390.6M
COG SDMC - Statistics CoreU10CA180899 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI TODD A ALONZO · 2014 to 2026
$132.8M
COG U24 Funding 2026-2027U24CA196173 · NCI · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI Mignon Lee-Cheun Loh, Nilsa Del Carmen Ramirez Milan · 2015 to 2026
$62.5M
Rare Tumor Clinical Research SpecialistR50CA305079 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Theodore Willis Laetsch · 2025 to 2026
$395k
Children's Oncology Group FoundationCongressionally Directed Medical Research Programs CA220651Förderkreis Hilfe für krebskranke KinderNCI NIH HHS 1R50CA305079NCI NIH HHS HHSN26100039NCI NIH HHS HHSN261201500003CNCI NIH HHS HHSN261201500003INCI NIH HHS R50 CA305079NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180886NCI NIH HHS U10CA180886NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180899NCI NIH HHS U10CA180899NCI NIH HHS U24 CA196173NCI NIH HHS U24CA196173Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer ResearchSt. Baldrick's Foundation ARAR0331Swim Across America
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

biomarkersEpstein–Barr virushead and neck cancersnasopharyngeal carcinomaoral cancerspediatric cancerspediatric nasopharyngeal carcinomarare cancers

Identifiers

PMID42738320
PMCPMC13565518

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