Title: A Clinicopathological Study of Spectrum of Pediatric Malignancies in North India Region
Authors: Dr Yogesh Gupta, Dr Manish Kumar Singhal, Dr Neeraj Verma, Dr Mukesh Kumar Khinchi, Dr Yashvi Gehlot, Dr Sapna Gandhi, Dr Navita Gupta, Dr Vinod Kumari
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i11.04
Abstract
Background: Childhood cancers constitute less than 1 % of all cases of cancer. However, inspite of being rare they have provided insights into the epidemiology, genetics , etiology and treatment of pediatric malignancies .The aim of this study is to understand the burden of childhood malignancies in our region, along with morphological & Clinicopathological correlation
Material & Methods: This study was performed on the patients of the age group 0-14 years, during a period of 3 years (2011-2014).
Result: A total 120 malignancies were studied in the range of 0 month- 14 years with 70 boys (58%) and 50 girls (42 %). In general the malignancies were common in males than females. the male : Female Ratio of childhood malignancies was 1.4:1
Haematological malignancies were the commonest constituting 28.33 % each, followed by bone tumor and retinoblastoma 11.66% each, where as spindle cell neoplasm being 8.33 %, CNS tumor & Wilm’s tumor 5.0% each.
