A German missionary to Kwangtung Province 100 years ago called it the "Canton tumor," and some foreign textbooks still refer to it as the "Chinese cancer."
一百年前，有位德國牧師兼醫師到廣東傳教治病，發現當地有許多人脖子長瘤，嘴歪眼斜，並且有嚴重的頭痛或腦神經麻痺症狀，多數人在一兩年內便相繼死亡，於是他把這種病叫做「廣東瘤」。後來，「廣東瘤」證實為「鼻咽癌」。