Childhood cancer: epidemiology in the pediatric oncology department of a university hospital center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 2019

L Couitchere, and G N'da, and J M Aholi, and M N'doumy, and R Azagoh, and S Oulai
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Université Felix Houphouet Boigny, 01BP V3 Ab, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children under the age of 15 years worldwide. To contribute to better knowledge of childhood cancers in Africa. To determine the causes of pediatric cancers and compare them with the results of a previous study and with data available for sub-Saharan Africa. This observational, descriptive study of the data recorded from 2007 to 2015 in the pediatric oncology unit of the University Hospital Center of Treichville in Abidjan analyzes the general and the age- and sex-specific proportions of children under the age of 15 years with neoplasia according to the International Classification of Childhood Cancer, 3rd edition (ICCC.3). This study includes 863 new cases. The sex ratio (M/F) was 1.4, and the mean age 7 years (range: 3 months to 14 years 9 months). The neoplasia rate peaked in the group aged 5-9 years (38.6 %). The most common cancers were: lymphomas (44 %), retinoblastoma (11.7 %), renal tumors (10.1 %), leukemias (6.3 %), and soft tissue sarcomas (5, 9 %). Burkitt lymphoma (85.3 %) and nephroblastoma (90.8 %) were the dominant histological type of lymphoma and renal tumors. This study shows an increase in the annual number of new cases, and an epidemiology close to that reported in other centers in sub-Saharan Africa.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007560 Cote d'Ivoire A republic in western Africa, south of MALI and BURKINA FASO, bordered by GHANA on the east. Its administrative capital is Abidjan and Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983. The country was formerly called Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast,Republic of Cote diIvoire
D008297 Male Males
D009369 Neoplasms New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms. Benign Neoplasm,Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm,Tumor,Tumors,Benign Neoplasms,Malignancy,Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasia,Neoplasm,Neoplasms, Benign,Cancers,Malignancies,Neoplasias,Neoplasm, Benign,Neoplasm, Malignant,Neoplasms, Malignant
D010372 Pediatrics A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006785 Hospitals, University Hospitals maintained by a university for the teaching of medical students, postgraduate training programs, and clinical research. University Hospitals
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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