Author/Authors :
Özfındık, Meral Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları AD, Turkey , Elli, Murat Ondokuz Mayıs Ünivertesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Onkoloji BD, Turkey , Dağdemir, Ayhan Ondokuz Mayıs Ünivertesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları AD, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Retrospective analysis of childhood cancer of the head and neck
Abstract :
The head and neck is a region that different and several neoplasms are established. Five to ten percent of primary childhood tumors are located on head and neck. In about 25% of childhood tumors, complaints or physical findings, dealing with head-neck involvement are found. In this retrospective study we investigated the children with primary head-neck tumors followed by Pediatric Oncology Department. Among 100 patients, 73 (73%) had lymphoreticular tumors, 8 (8%) had soft tisue sarcomas, 18 (18 %) had ephitelial tumors, and only one (1%) had bone tumor.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Head , neck tumors Childhood Lymphoma Soft tisue sarcoma Ephitelial tumors
JournalTitle :
Journal Of Experimental and Clinical Medicine
