2007
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.20026
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Profile of infantile malignancies at tertiary cancer center—A study from south India

Abstract: 20026 Background: Infantile malignancies are peculiar in the way they present with lot of diversity and had poor prognosis compared to other pediatric malignancies. The spectrum of malignancies had a great regional variability owing to the environmental and genetic differences (both aquired, maternal and paternal). Methods: It is a retrospective data analysis conducted at a tertiary care cancer center, Bangalore, India. The institute has an annual attendance of 16,000 new cases with reasonably good follow-up.… Show more

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“…In Addis Ababa, CNS cancer is the eighth most common cancer in Addis Ababa. The differences may be due to environmental or genetic differences [30]. In Addition, diagnosing brain tumours in Africa is difficult due to the limited availability of necessary special diagnostic tools, financial implications and in most cases the wrong assumption of differential diagnoses such as cerebral malaria, tuberculous meningitis, bacterial meningitis, and others [17].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Addis Ababa, CNS cancer is the eighth most common cancer in Addis Ababa. The differences may be due to environmental or genetic differences [30]. In Addition, diagnosing brain tumours in Africa is difficult due to the limited availability of necessary special diagnostic tools, financial implications and in most cases the wrong assumption of differential diagnoses such as cerebral malaria, tuberculous meningitis, bacterial meningitis, and others [17].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%