Publications by authors named "Alan Topham"
Purpose: To characterize treatment patterns, overall survival (OS), and risk of second malignant tumors in patients with retinoblastoma (RB) using the SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results) dataset.
Design: Cohort study.
Methods: The SEER dataset was used to identify cases of RB using ICD-03 histology codes.
Pediatric head and neck malignancies: US incidence and trends over 2 decades.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
June 2002
Background: Recent reports have noted an increase in the overall incidence of pediatric cancer.
Objective: To determine whether this trend is applicable to malignancies of the head and neck in children.
Design: Using the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results tumor database, we determined the incidence of all cancers diagnosed from 1973 through 1996 in children younger than 19 years.