A 10 year retrospective survey of haematological malignancies in Ilorin, Nigeria, was carried
out based on data from the Records Department and the Cancer Registry of the Morbid …

Introduction: Childhood malignancies are now recognized as a growing global challenge,
especially in resource poor settings. Although they constitute a smaller percentage of …

Setting Basic epidemiological information on childhood cancer in Western Kenya is lacking.
This deficit obstructs efforts to improve the care and survival rates of children in this part of …

Objective: To document general baseline data on the patterns of childhood malignant
tumours at a teaching hospital in south‐western Nigeria. Design, setting and participants: A …

The developing countries bear the greatest burden of childhood cancers as over 90% of the
world's children live in these countries. Childhood cancer in most instances is curable, but …

Background: Haematological malignancies are associated with increase morbidity and
mortality in our environment. The pattern and distribution of diagnosed haematological …

Background: Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children under
15 years of age. There is, however, a paucity of reports on the pattern of its occurrence in …

Background: Malignant neoplasms are set to become a leading cause of childhood death in
sub-Saharan Africa as immunization programmes reduce deaths due to infectious diseases …

Background In the last few decades mortality from childhood cancers has shown substantial
declines in industrialized countries, with smaller favorable trends in South America …

Background: Burkitt Lymphoma is common childhood tumour in sub Saharan Africa but the
lack of centralized database on childhood cancer in Nigeria has made it difficult having a …