Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children: a challenging disease in a middle-income country, Tunisia

نویسندگان
Semia, Zarraa ID 1
Souheil, Jebali ID 2
Mariem, Jedira ID 3
Ghaeit el fida, Noubbigh ID 4
Safia, Yahyaoui ID 5
Gritli, Said ID 6
Chiraz, Nasr ID 7

1 Department of radiotherapy, Salah, Azaiz institute, Tunis, Tunisia

2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Salah Azaiz institute, Tunis, Tunisia

3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Salah Azaiz institute, Tunis, Tunisia

4 university Tunis El manar, faculty of medicine Tunis

5 Department of radiotherapy, Salah, Azaiz institute, Tunis, Tunisia

6 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Salah Azaiz institute, Tunis, Tunisia

7 Department of radiotherapy, Salah, Azaiz institute, Tunis, Tunisia

doi
10.18502/ijpho.v14i2.15272
چکیده

Background: This study aimed to assess the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic aspects and prognosis of juvenile nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Tunis country. Materials and Methods: This study included 68 patients, younger than 18 years of age. All the patients had a clinical and para-clinical tumoral assessment. The study of survival and prognostic ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Chemotherapy, Children, Disease-free Survival, Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Radiotherapy