Author/Authors :
Shojaei ، Setareh نويسنده Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. , , Zargaran، Massoumeh نويسنده Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dental Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran , , Baghaei ، Fahimeh نويسنده Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. , , Farhadifar، Homa نويسنده Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , , Dehbani، Zahra نويسنده Private Dentistry, Hamadan, IR Iran , , Faradmal، Javad نويسنده Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran , , Sedighi Pashaki، Abdolazim نويسنده , , Dehghan، Arash نويسنده Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran , , Monsef Esfahani، Alireza نويسنده School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran , , Jafari، Mohammad نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A small number of malignant tumors occur during childhood and
adolescence. The frequency of such tumors in these age groups is
evaluated in only a few studies. We aimed to determine the frequency of
head and neck cancers in a population of Iranian children and
adolescents. The records of patients ≤ 19 years old, suffering from head
and neck cancers, were reviewed in the pathology centers of Hamadan
province from 1989 to 2009. Patients with central nervous system tumors,
thyroid and melanoma were excluded. Data were collected based on age,
sex and lesion location and statistical analysis was performed. Among
the study population (3368 cases of head and neck cancer), 75 cases
(2.22%) belonged to children and adolescents aged between 0 - 19. The
Mean ± SD age of the patients was 13 ± 5.6 (range: 2 months, 19 years).
The most common cancers were non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (23%), squamous cell
carcinoma (SCC) (20%), and Hodgkin’s lymphoma (14.7%). Malignant oral
and maxillofacial tumors account for only 18.7% of all head and neck
tumors. Carcinomas were the most common malignant tumors of head and
neck observed in this age group. Also, oral cancers in children and
adolescents constitute a small percentage of the lesions that were
studied
