The Evolution of a Hospital-Based Cancer Registry in Northwest Cameroon from 2004 to 2015.
J Trop Pediatr
; 67(3)2021 07 02.
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| ID: mdl-33020840
ABSTRACT
Effective cancer registration is required for the development of cancer management policies, but is often deficient in the developing world. In 2008 cancer registration was set up Banso Baptist Hospital and Mbingo Baptist Hospital in the Northwest region of Cameroon, using the Pediatric Oncology Networked Database (POND). The objective of this study was to analyze the POND registry data for patients with cancer aged 0-15 years for the period 2004-15. A total of 1029 malignancies were recorded in children 0-15 years in the study period. The male-to-female ratio was 1.41. The median age at diagnosis was 7.22 years. The most common malignancies were lymphomas followed by nephroblastoma, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and Kaposi sarcoma. There were more Burkitt lymphomas cases between 2004 and 2009 than between 2010 and 2015, while the number of cases rose for other diagnoses like retinoblastoma and nephroblastoma. This report has demonstrated how pediatric oncology registration can be implemented, improved and sustained in a low- and middle-income country setting with limited resources. Using the data, these hospitals can improve their treatment planning and ensure the availability of essential chemotherapy for childhood cancers.
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Texte intégral:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Rhabdomyosarcome
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Lymphome de Burkitt
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Tumeurs
Type d'étude:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limites:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Pays/Région comme sujet:
Africa
Langue:
En
Journal:
J Trop Pediatr
Année:
2021
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
République d'Afrique du Sud