Table 5 Tumor characteristics in Syrian children with cancer
From: Cancer among syrian refugees living in Konya Province, Turkey
Characteristics | Male | Female | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | n | % | ||
Disease status | Newly diagnosed disease | 19 | 17 | 36 | 94.7 |
Relapsed disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.3 | |
Diagnostic method | Histological diagnosis from primary | 15 | 13 | 28 | 73.7 |
Histological diagnosis from metastasis | 1 | – | 1 | 2.6 | |
Cytological diagnosis | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21.1 | |
Clinical examination | – | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | |
Dissemination of the disease* | Local (Stage I and II) | 9 | 8 | 17 | 56.7 |
Advanced (Stage III and IV) | 7 | 6 | 13 | 43.3 | |
Treatment abandonment | Yes | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10.5 |
No | 17 | 17 | 34 | 89.5 | |
Total | 20 | 18 | 38 | 100.0 | |