3.1 Epidemiological and clinical profile
Two-hundred and fifty-eight patients formed the study cohort. CONSORT in Fig. 1. Median age was 12years (range, 3-5years) with a male to female ratio of 1.7:1. Tw-hundred and six (79.8%) patients had localized disease. Median Tumor Size (tsize) was 9.6cm. The clinical and laboratory profile of the cohort is depicted in TABLE 1.