Of interest, although limited by small numbers, we noted that individuals who were homozygous for HLA-A*0207 and who carried a risk allele of rs29232, had a 29-fold increase in risk of NPC (95% CI = 6.2–135) when compared to those who were homozygous for HLA-A*11** and who did not carry a risk allele of rs29232 allele. Here, HLA-A is linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma.