Open AccessPrevalence, complications and dental management of the oral cancer in the pediatric patients
Author(s) -
V Wani,
Ankur A. Kulkarni,
Bhushan Pustake,
Vilas Takate,
Parag Wani,
Jasraj Singh Sondhi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1251_16
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , cancer , malignancy , population , chemotherapy , surgery , physics , environmental health , optics
The incidence of childhood malignancy is greatest in the 1 st year of life, with the second peak to be found at 2-3 years of age. The aim for the study was to investigate the incidence and nature of oral problems occurring in a population of child cancer patients; the other aim was to assess the dental management of the treatment undergoing children.