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 softtisuc sarcomas, 18 (18%) had ephitelial tumors, and only one (1%) had bone tumor. © 2011 OMUAIl rights reserved.