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Survival from childhood cancer in Kampala, Uganda.

Biying LiuDanny R YouldenHenry WabingaSarah NamboozePhoebe Mary AmulenJoanne F AitkenDonald Maxwell Parkin
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2020)
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.
Keyphrases
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