Nasopharyngeal carcinoma at the Tel-Hashomer Government Hospital, Israel. A 20 year survey (1951–1970)

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in caucasian children

“…All 4 children under the age of 15 years (out of 7 cases) mentioned by McConnell (1958) developed distant metastases. Har-Kedar et al (1974) also noted distant metastases in 6 of the 9 patients under the age of 14, in contrast with only 6 out of 80 older patients.…”

Treatment results of 59 young patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

“…Childhood nasopharyngeal cancer comprise of 7.2% in Turkey, whereas 1-2% in China, 2.4% in UK, 10% in USA, 12% in Israel, 13% in Kenya, 14.5% in Tunisia, and 18% in Uganda [1,4,[7][8][9][31][32][33][34]. Twenty-four percent crude rate of our institutionally treated nasopharynx patients were 30 years old, mainly owing to being a tertiary reference center.…”

Nasopharyngeal Cancer

“…There is a signifi cant number of reports in the literature which reported the treatment results of pediatric and adolescent NPC patients from the Maghrep countries, Egypt, Israel, and Turkey (Serin et al 1998;Har-Kedar et al 1974). There is a signifi cant number of reports in the literature which reported the treatment results of pediatric and adolescent NPC patients from the Maghrep countries, Egypt, Israel, and Turkey (Serin et al 1998;Har-Kedar et al 1974).…”