Survival from childhood cancer in Kampala, Uganda
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Date
2021-03
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Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Abstract
Abstract
Population-based data on survival from childhood cancers in sub-Saharan Africa are
sparse.We report data on 221 children with cancer diagnosed between 2010 and 2014
in the population of Kampala, Uganda. Survival for eight of nine children with cancer
assessed was below the WHO’s global target of 60% (the exception was Hodgkin lymphoma: 86% at 3 years). There was significant (P < .05) decline in survival between 1
and 3 years for Wilms tumour and Kaposi sarcoma (30% and 34% at 3 years, respectively). Survival from Burkitt lymphoma, Wilms tumour and Kaposi sarcoma has not
changed compared with results from the 2005-2009 study
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Keywords
cancer, childhood, registry, survival, Uganda
Citation
Liu, Biying, Danny R. Youlden, Henry Wabinga, et al. 'Survival from Childhood Cancer in Kampala, Uganda', Pediatric Blood & Cancer, vol. 68/no. 3, (2021), pp. e28876-n/a.