Research On Nephroblastoma
NEPHROBLASTOMA WAS THE LEADING DIAGNOSIS OF CHILD CANCER IN LUTH BETWEEN JULY 2005 AND JANUARY 2007
Some of the most common children cancers seen and treated at LUTH Hematology/ Oncology unit of the pediatric department and the statistics over a period of 18 months (July 2005 to January 2007) are as follows.
| CANCER TYPE | NUMBER OF CASES | |
| 1 | Nephroblastoma | 62 |
| 2 | Leukemia | 35 |
| 3 | Lymphoma | 27 |
| 4 | Neuroblastoma | 23 |
| 6 | Retinoblastoma | 6 |
| 5 | Rhabdomyosacoma | 4 |
| 7 | Nasopharyngial cancer | 2 |
| 8 | Sacrococcygial teratoma | 1 |
| 9 | Hepatoblastoma | 1 |
| Total | 163 |
Male: 108 (66.3%)
Female: 55 (33.7%)
This is as against 540 admission made by the same unit which also caters for children living with HIV and sickle cell anemia among other illness, in the same 18 months period, i.e. 163 as against 540 (about 30% of the admissions)
