Tobacco smoking and salted fish consumption are associated with increased NPC risk.6, 7, 8 Several long‐term prospective studies showed that people who carried elevated VCA‐IgA, EA‐IgA, or DNase may have a 20‐30 fold increase in NPC risk in endemic areas,9, 10 and a recent study showed that EBV plasma DNA was a useful biomarker for early detection of NPC.11 Here, CD79A is linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma.