title: Management of malignant head and neck tumors in children.
abstract: This article describes the symptomatology of the most commonly encountered malignancies of the head and neck in children. Information is being made available on practically a daily basis from the areas of cytogenetics, tumor markers, and oncogenes. The role of surgery and radiation in the management of these malignancies is also considered and reevaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Disorders, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bonilla
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Healy
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*