Although recurring mutation (same mutation in multiple samples) was not observed in our analysis of 10 NPC exomes, 6 genes were found to be commonly mutated in multiple samples, i.e. CXorf22 (p.H235Y, p.A940T), MYH1 (p.A338T, p.R109C), N4BP1 (p.G685E, p.R597X), WDR87 (p.D2021E, p.M1261I), TRAF3 (p.R163X, p.S9fs), and KCNN3 (p.P81delinsQQQQQP, p.L66H). Here, WDR87 is linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma.