Pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Experience from a tertiary cancer center in India

Pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPCs) are rare tumors. There is paucity of data on outcomes in pediatric NPC from developing countries. The present study was conducted to ascertain the outcomes of children with NPC at our center. A retrospective analysis of case records of pediatric NPC patient...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Indian journal of cancer 2016-07, Vol.53 (3), p.377
Hauptverfasser:	Radhakrishnan, V, Kumar, P, Totadri, S, Ganesan, P, Selvaluxmy, G, Ganesan, T, Dhanushkodi, M, Sagar, T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Carcinoma Chemoradiotherapy Child Childhood cancer Cisplatin - administration & dosage Disease-Free Survival Female Fluorouracil - administration & dosage Forecasts and trends Humans India Male Medical statistics Nasopharyngeal cancer Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - drug therapy Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - radiotherapy Patient outcomes Retrospective Studies Survival Analysis Tertiary Care Centers
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Zusammenfassung:	Pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPCs) are rare tumors. There is paucity of data on outcomes in pediatric NPC from developing countries. The present study was conducted to ascertain the outcomes of children with NPC at our center. A retrospective analysis of case records of pediatric NPC patients treated at our hospital was performed. We analyzed the outcomes of 37 consecutive patients
ISSN:	0019-509X 1998-4774
DOI:	10.4103/0019-509X.200663