Clinical Profile of Pediatric Oncology Patients Treated by Radiotherapy: A Retrospective Audit from a Tertiary Cancer Care Center in South India

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

South Asian Journal of Cancer

Abstract

Introduction With the increase in the number of pediatric cancers in India, there is a need for a multimodal approach involving various disciplines of therapy in which radiotherapy is one of the important areas of treatment. As there is a paucity of studies in South India about the profile of pediatric cancer patients who have undergone radiotherapy the present study was undertaken. Methods A record-based retrospective study was conducted at the department of pediatric hematology-oncology and radiotherapy at a tertiary care hospital in South India using a data abstraction form which consisted of sociodemographic details of study participants, primary diagnosis, confirmed diagnosis, site of radiotherapy, current status of the patient, etc. Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was used to find out significant association between current status of study participants and various determinants influencing it. Results Highest proportion, n ¼ 35 (30.4%), of cases were in the age group of 10 to 14 years. Among them, 48 children were primarily diagnosed to have hematolymphoid malignancy while 67(%) had solid tumor. Majority of the patients, n ¼ 110 (95.6%), were treated on curative intent. Conclusion Radiotherapy remains an important modality of cancer-directed therapy in children with cancer. Radiotherapy still forms an integral part of cancer-directed treatment in children with cancer as demonstrated in our population.

DOI

10.1055/s-0044-1786799

Publication Date

1-1-2024

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