Authors : Shruti Nayak, Amith Adyanthaya, Soniya Adyanthaya, Amarnath Shenoy, M Venkatesan
DOI : 10.18231/j.achr.2020.059
Volume : 5
Issue : 4
Year : 2020
Page No : 266-273
Pediatric malignancies especially sarcomas are the most common and predominant cause of mortality in children. Such ongoing efforts are crucial to better understand the etiology of childhood cancers, get better the survival rate for malignancies with a poor prognosis, and maximize the quality of life for survivors. In this review article we authors aim to discuss relatively common benign and malignant connective tissue tumors (soft tissue tumor), focusing on current management strategies and new developments, as they relate to the role of the otolaryngologist– head and neck surgeon. Other rarer paediatric head and neck tumors beyond the scope of this review.
Keywords: Pediatric, Sarcoma, Soft tissue, Tumor.