A multicenter study of malignant oral and maxillofacial lesions in children and adolescents

Children and adolescents constitute about a third of the world ’s population and their health status is important for every country [1]. They represent the future, and ensuring their healthy growth and development should be a major concern of all societies [2]. Cancer in children and adolescents represents a group of diseases considered rare, with an incidenc e of 0.01% in the age range of 0–19years in developed countries [3]. When compared to adult malignancies, it corresponds to 2–3% of all malignant tumors [4].

Source: Oral Oncology - October 25, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jos é Alcides Almeida de Arruda, Leni Verônica de Oliveira Silva, Camila de Nazaré Alves de Oliveira Kato, Lauren Frenzel Schuch, Aline Carvalho Batista, Nádia Lago Costa, Sandra Beatriz Chaves Tarquinio, Elena Riet Correa Rivero, Vinícius Coelho Car Source Type: research