VEGFA and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: NPC patients who were heterozygous CT for VEGFA +936 were diagnosed at an older age compared to those who were homozygous T (median age 59.4 vs. 47.7 years, Wilcoxon rank-sum p = 0.033) and patients who were homozygous C (median age 59.4 vs. 47.6, Wilcoxon rank-sum p = 0.004) (Figure 1).