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Pattern of Pediatric Oncology Cases in the Western Region of Nepal
Childhood cancers form a rare and heterogeneous group which fortunately have a higher cure rate than adult cancers. A few non-profit organizations in Nepal have extended support to help patients suffering from cancer, but their main focus has been on adults. The objective of this study was to establ...
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West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29281869 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.12.3213 |
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author | Yadav, Pramod Kumar Sathian, Brijesh Sherchan, Rishi Fatima, Huda Sharan, Krishna Hussain, Syed Ather Chawla, Rachit Alsayyah, Ahmed Taneja, Alankrita |
author_facet | Yadav, Pramod Kumar Sathian, Brijesh Sherchan, Rishi Fatima, Huda Sharan, Krishna Hussain, Syed Ather Chawla, Rachit Alsayyah, Ahmed Taneja, Alankrita |
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description | Childhood cancers form a rare and heterogeneous group which fortunately have a higher cure rate than adult cancers. A few non-profit organizations in Nepal have extended support to help patients suffering from cancer, but their main focus has been on adults. The objective of this study was to establish the pattern of childhood cancers in the Western region of Nepal. We reviewed cases receiving external radiotherapy with both palliative and curative intent between 28th September 2010 and 30th September 2015 at the Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Manipal Teaching Hospital affiliated with Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. Of the total of 1217 cases, 2.71% involved children. The gender distribution showed a male preponderance (M:F= 1.35:1). The patients’ mean age was 11.4 years (range 2 - 14 years). Considering the caste, Brahmins and Gurungs constituted 33.0% and 21.2%, respectively, of children with cancer. |
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spelling | pubmed-59808732018-06-06 Pattern of Pediatric Oncology Cases in the Western Region of Nepal Yadav, Pramod Kumar Sathian, Brijesh Sherchan, Rishi Fatima, Huda Sharan, Krishna Hussain, Syed Ather Chawla, Rachit Alsayyah, Ahmed Taneja, Alankrita Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Research Article Childhood cancers form a rare and heterogeneous group which fortunately have a higher cure rate than adult cancers. A few non-profit organizations in Nepal have extended support to help patients suffering from cancer, but their main focus has been on adults. The objective of this study was to establish the pattern of childhood cancers in the Western region of Nepal. We reviewed cases receiving external radiotherapy with both palliative and curative intent between 28th September 2010 and 30th September 2015 at the Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Manipal Teaching Hospital affiliated with Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. Of the total of 1217 cases, 2.71% involved children. The gender distribution showed a male preponderance (M:F= 1.35:1). The patients’ mean age was 11.4 years (range 2 - 14 years). Considering the caste, Brahmins and Gurungs constituted 33.0% and 21.2%, respectively, of children with cancer. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5980873/ /pubmed/29281869 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.12.3213 Text en Copyright: © Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-SA/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License |
spellingShingle | Research Article Yadav, Pramod Kumar Sathian, Brijesh Sherchan, Rishi Fatima, Huda Sharan, Krishna Hussain, Syed Ather Chawla, Rachit Alsayyah, Ahmed Taneja, Alankrita Pattern of Pediatric Oncology Cases in the Western Region of Nepal |
title | Pattern of Pediatric Oncology Cases in the Western Region of Nepal |
title_full | Pattern of Pediatric Oncology Cases in the Western Region of Nepal |
title_fullStr | Pattern of Pediatric Oncology Cases in the Western Region of Nepal |
title_full_unstemmed | Pattern of Pediatric Oncology Cases in the Western Region of Nepal |
title_short | Pattern of Pediatric Oncology Cases in the Western Region of Nepal |
title_sort | pattern of pediatric oncology cases in the western region of nepal |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29281869 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.12.3213 |
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