Challenge of pediatric oncology in Africa

LGP Hadley, BS Rouma, Y Saad-Eldin - Seminars in pediatric surgery, 2012 - Elsevier
The care of children with malignant solid tumors in sub-Saharan Africa is compromised by
resource deficiencies that range from inadequate healthcare budgets and a paucity of …

Wilms tumor in Africa: A systematic review of management challenges and outcome in two decades (2000‐2019)

SO Ekenze, OC Okafor, AA Obasi… - Pediatric Blood & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We performed a systematic review to highlight trends in management and outcome of Wilms
tumor (WT) in Africa in the past two decades (2000‐2019). Twenty‐seven studies involving …

Wilms tumour in Sudan

DO Abuidris, ME Elimam, FM Nugud… - Pediatric blood & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background Wilms tumour is one of the commonest childhood solid tumours which has an
excellent outlook in the developed world with 5‐year overall survival exceeding 90%. There …

Challenges and outcome of Wilms′ tumour management in a resource-constrained setting

JCH Wilde, W Lameris, EH Van Hasselt… - African Journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background: To review the results of Wilms' tumour patients in a tertiary referral hospital in a
developing country and to find ways of improving long-term survival. Patients and Methods …

Wilms tumor survival in Kenya

J Axt, F Abdallah, M Axt, J Githanga, E Hansen… - Journal of pediatric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose Survival from Wilms Tumor (WT) exceeds 90% at 5 years in developed
nations, whereas at last report, 2-year event-free survival (EFS) in Kenya reached only 35 …

Risk factors for abandonment of Wilms tumor therapy in Kenya

J Libes, O Oruko, F Abdallah, J Githanga… - Pediatric blood & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Survival from Wilms tumor (WT) in sub‐Saharan Africa remains dismal as a
result of on‐therapy mortality and treatment abandonment. Review of patients diagnosed …

Race disparities in Wilms tumor incidence and biology

J Axt, AJ Murphy, EH Seeley, CA Martin… - Journal of Surgical …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Wilms tumor (WT) is thought to arise in children of Black African ancestry
with greater frequency than in Whites. To clarify the biological basis for race disparities in …

[PDF][PDF] Childhood Wilm\'s tumour: prognostic factors in north central Nigeria

AF Uba, LB Chirdan - West African Journal of Medicine, 2007 - ajol.info
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Childhood Wilms' tumour or ncphroblastoma represents one of
the challenges for paediatric oncologists in developing countries. _ OBJECTIVE: T0 review …

Race disparities in peptide profiles of North American and Kenyan Wilms tumor specimens

JM Libes, EH Seeley, M Li, JR Axt, J Pierce… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Wilms tumor (WT) is the most common childhood kidney cancer worldwide and
arises in children of black African ancestry with greater frequency and severity than other …

Molecular characterization of Wilms' tumor from a resource‐constrained region of sub‐Saharan Africa

AJ Murphy, JR Axt, C de Caestecker… - … Journal of Cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sub‐Saharan African children have an increased incidence of Wilms' tumor (WT)
and experience alarmingly poor outcomes. Although these outcomes are largely due to …