Clinical-epidemiological profile of infantile-juvenile head and neck cancer: a descriptive hospital-based study
Cases of head and neck cancer in the infantile-juvenile population were predominantly found in individuals from Bahia, male, aged between 12 and 16 years, of non-white ethnicity, incomplete elementary education degree, without a partner, non-smokers, non-drinkers, and without a family history of cancer. The most affected anatomical region was the nasopharynx, with the most frequent histological type being squamous cell carcinoma.
Authors
- Valéria Souza Freitas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7259-4827)
- Cristiane Brandão Santos Almeida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7424-1160)
- Lísia Daltro Borges Alves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6779-8692)
- Adriana Mendonça da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9314-6970)
- Alessandra Laís Pinho Valente Pires (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6848-8992)
- Dawid Vinicius Rios do Ouro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9881-8799)
- Samille Marques Fontoura de Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6529-2155)
Institutions
- Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (BR)
- Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Revista Paulista de Pediatria
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-0462/2025/43/2023205
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00