The burden of pediatric malignant solid tumors in a developing country

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-114

  Ekenze, Sebastian O ^a   Ekwunife, Hyginus ^a   Eze, Boniface I ^a   Ikefuna, Anthony ^a   Amah, Christopher C ^a   Emodi, Ifeoma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Developing world; Disease burden; Late presentation; Pediatric tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NIGERIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETINOBLASTOMA; SARCOMA; TERATOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951637035     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp075     Document Type: Article

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