Paediatric head and neck cancers in Nigeria: Implications for treatment planning in resource limited settings.

Background: The head and neck (H/N) is a common site for childhood cancers. This study examined all cases of H/N childhood cancers diagnosed in a major teaching hospital in Nigeria over 18 years to determine patterns of broad lineage cancer groups.

Materials And Methods: Primary pediatric childhood malignancies diagnosed between 1990 and 2008 were analysed.

Evaluation of factors influencing intention to quit smokeless and cigarette tobacco use among Nigerian adolescents.

Background: Smokeless and cigarette tobacco use is becoming increasingly popular among Nigerian adolescents. This study aimed to evaluate predictors of intention to quit tobacco use among adolescents that currently use tobacco products in Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A total of 536 male and female high school students in senior classes in Benue State, Nigeria were enrolled into the cross-sectional study.

Comparison of external beam radiation therapy and radioactive implants in the management of nonmetastatic oral squamous cell cancer: an analysis of the surveillance epidemiology and end results database.

Objective: Radiotherapy in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) could be either through external beam (EBRT) or brachytherapy (BT). In third-world countries, access to novel treatment like BT is limited. This study aimed to compare survival in patients with OSCC treated with EBRT with BT recipients.