This webpage was started by a NPC patient in Hong Kong. The main objective of this webpage is to provide comforts and confidence to fellow NPC patients and other cancer patients and their families; by reading the experiences of those who have gone through radiotherapy and chemotherapy. This site also

  1. provides a Comments Page for NPC and other cancer patients and their families to send their observations, please send them to (ktko54@hotmail.com);
  2. promotes the awareness of NPC to the general public.

My experience was based on the concurrent chemo- and radiotherapy treatment I received for NPC at 1997 in Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) in Hong Kong, the treatment for NPC might be different in other parts of the world (e.g. Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan, Singapore or Malaysia). However many of my observations might provide you with some insights. If you are a fellow patient from other parts of the world, your comments are most welcome; please send them to me (ktko54@hotmail.com) and I will post them on the Comments Page.

It is not the objective of the Comments Page to seek and to provide medical opinions. Patients should consult their doctors and other medical professionals. It is not a place to leave complaints and allegations, they should be directed to official government channels.  I am putting some of my observations on the concurrent chemo- and radiotherapy treatment together with advices / experiences of other authors on this site. I sincerely hope that our experiences could provide some comforts to NPC and other cancer patients and their families in their time of need.

Useful Links:

  1. Hong Kong Cancer Fund provides an informative background for all cancers common in Hong Kong including NPC:

They provide information and advices to cancer patients and their family.

  1. Hong Kong Anti-cancer Society has an excellent page on the symptoms, treatments of NPC patients, supports offered and advices to cancer patients and their family in Hong Kong

http://www.hkacs.org.hk (Chinese)

You are most welcome to print and to quote any of the contents, however it is the normal practice to acknowledge the authors if you are quoting their words from the contents or from the Comments. Please direct useful links and comments to K T Ko at ktko54@hotmail.com, they will be posted in this site.

Last updated: 20th August 2002