Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Volume 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-272

Pediatric tumors in North West Pakistan and Afghan refugees (Article)

Khan S.M.* , Gillani J. , Nasreen S. , Zai S.
  • a Inst. of Radiother. and Nucl. Med., Peshawar, Pakistan
  • b Inst. of Radiother. and Nucl. Med., Peshawar, Pakistan
  • c Inst. of Radiother. and Nucl. Med., Peshawar, Pakistan
  • d Inst. of Radiother. and Nucl. Med., Peshawar, Pakistan

Abstract

All patients referred to the Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine in Peshawar (IRNUM) during 1990 to 1994 were analyzed. There were 1655 children with biopsy-proven cancers; 1290 were from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), and the remaining 365 were Afghan refugees. Male children from the NWFP were 67% and females were 33%. Among Afghan children, 69% were male and 31% were females. Patients whose histopathologies were doubtful or not available were excluded from the study. The most common tumors in children in the NWFP were lymphoid leukemia, lymphoma, myeloid leukemia, Wilms tumor, tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), soft tissue sarcoma, bone tumors, retinoblastoma, neuroblastoma, and testicular tumors. Among Afghan children the most common cancers were lymphoma, lymphoid leukemia, myeloid leukemia, Wilms tumor, retinoblastoma, tumors of soft tissue, bone tumor% (CNS tumors, testicular tumors, and neuroblastoma.

Author Keywords

northwest Pakistan Afghan refugees pediatric tumors

Index Keywords

Pakistan Afghanistan childhood cancer refugee sex difference human soft tissue sarcoma male female lymphoma testis tumor bone tumor Article major clinical study lymphatic leukemia myeloid leukemia retinoblastoma neuroblastoma central nervous system tumor nephroblastoma Child
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DOI: 10.3109/08880019709009496
ISSN: 08880018
Cited by: 10
Original Language: English