Background: The aim of this study was to determine etiologic distribution, epidemiologic properties, treatment, clinical course and late effects the treatment patients diagnosed with mediastinal tumor. Methods: Patients under 18 years old tumors between January 1990 June 2011 at 19 Mayis university department child oncology were examined retrospectively. Results: There 50 (61%) males, 32 (39%) ...

Aim: Renal tumors in children are rare. Wilms’ tumor (WT) is the most common renal childhood. The aim of this study to investigate data on demographic factors, treatment, and follow-up results pediatric patients who were operated for determine factors affecting mortality.
 Material Method: Patients our clinic 2005-2020 evaluated retrospectively. Age at diagnosis, gender, complaint, localiz...

Brain tumors represent the most common solid neoplasm in children and second most common pediatric malignancy overall, following leukemia. Outside of infancy, the majority of primary childhood brain tumors occur in the infratentorial compartment and include medulloblastoma, juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA), ependymoma, and brainstem/ pontine glioma; atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) i...

1 Solid tumors of childhood display specific serum microRNA profiles Matthew J. Murray, Katie L. Raby, Harpreet K. Saini, Shivani Bailey, Sophie V. Wool, Jane M. Tunnacliffe, Anton J. Enright, James C. Nicholson, Nicholas Coleman. 1 Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK 2 Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Te...

BACKGROUND The Khon Kaen Cancer Registry (KKCR) was established in 1984. Previous population-based incidences and survivals of childhood cancer in Thailand were determined using a short cancer registration period. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were retrieved of all children residing in Khon Kaen, between 0-15 years, diagnosed as having cancer and registered in the KKCR (1985-2009). The follow-up...

Surveillance of Norwalk-like virus (NLV) infections in cases of pediatric gastroenteritis between April 1996 and March 2000 showed that NLVs were an important causative agent in viral gastroenteritis cases among children between November and January in those years. The predominant type of NLV was closely related to Lordsdale virus in genogroup 2. During the 1999-2000 season, Arg320-like strains...

Brain tumors are the second most common malignancy of children. In contrast to adults, childhood brain tumors are usually of glial origin; metastases and meningiomas are rare. Some tumors, i.e., medulloblastomas, are found almost exclusively in children. The posterior fossa is the most frequent site of occurrence. The prognosis for childhood neoplasms tends to be more favorable than in adults, ...

 SUMMARY X. Pis a rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis characteriseJ by photophohia, severe solar sensitivity, cutaneous pigmentary changes, xerosis and early Jevdopment of mucocutaneous and ocular cancer particularly in sun exposeJ skin. Tumors whichinclude solar keratosis, cutaneous horn, keratoachanthoma, squamous and basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma and angioma may developeJ in...