Abstract Background Primary hepatic neoplasms in pediatric age are rare entities. Clinical and survival data children with benign liver tumors who were treated by surgery still negligible. We aimed to present a tertiary oncological center experience regarding surgical management outcomes of tumors. Material methods A retrospective chart review was performed including all surgically managed at o...

The incidence of cancer in the United States in children under 15 years of age has risen in recent years (Ries et al., 1991). This is largely due to the increased incidence of lymphoblastic leukemia and tumors of the brain and nervous system, as opposed to Wilms tumors, soft tissue and bone sarcomas, lymphomas and Hodgkin's disease or other malignancies of childhood. Between 1973 and 1988, the ...

Considerable progress has been made toward improving survival for children with brain tumors, and yet there is still relatively little known regarding the molecular genetic events that contribute to tumor initiation or progression. Nonrandom patterns of chromosomal deletions in several types of childhood brain tumors suggest that the loss or inactivation of tumor suppressor genes are critical e...