Cancer mortality patterns in Ghana: a 10-year review of autopsies and hospital mortality

EK Wiredu, HB Armah - BMC public health, 2006 - Springer
Background Cancer mortality pattern in Ghana has not been reviewed since 1953, and there
are no population-based data available for cancer morbidity and mortality patterns in Ghana …

[PDF][PDF] Pattern of haematological malignancies in Ilorin, Nigeria: a ten year review

A Babatunde, C Amiwero, P Olatunji, I Durotoye - Internet J Hematol, 2009 - academia.edu
A 10 year retrospective survey of haematological malignancies in Ilorin, Nigeria, was carried
out based on data from the Records Department and the Cancer Registry of the Morbid …

Cancer in Nigeria: a 10-year analysis of the Kano cancer registry

AZ Mohammed, ST Edino, O Ochicha… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2008 - ajol.info
Background: Cancer is a major health problem in developed countries and epidemiological
evidence shows the emergence of a similar tend in develo** countries, particularly in sub …

Cancer mortality pattern in lagos university teaching hospital, lagos, Nigeria

OR Akinde, AA Phillips, OA Oguntunde… - Journal of cancer …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and about 70% of all cancer
deaths occurred in low‐and middle‐income countries. The cancer mortality pattern is quite …

Presentation pattern and survival rate of retinoblastoma following chemotherapy: a prospective study

MO Atima, U Idakwo, O Komolafe, S Eisuke, N Shintaro… - BMC pediatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background This study presents the clinical pattern of presentation and survival rate of
retinoblastoma, which is the most prevalent form of pediatric intraocular cancer. The aim of …

Primary malignant bone tumour in a tropical African University teaching hospital

AB Omololu, JO Ogunbiyi, SO Ogunlade… - West African journal of …, 2002 - ajol.info
Bone tumours are relatively rare tumours as compared with all other tumours. The relative
frequency has not been well documented in this environment. The aim of the study was to …

Decline in the frequency of Burkitt's lymphoma relative to other childhood malignancies in Ibadan, Nigeria

AI Ojesina, EEU Akang… - Annals of tropical …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Burkitt's lymphoma is the commonest childhood malignancy in tropical Africa and the
predisposing factors include malaria and infection with the Epstein-Barr virus. Recent …

Pattern of childhood malignant tumours in a teaching hospital in south‐western Nigeria

AOJ Agboola, FA Adekanmbi, AA Musa… - Medical Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To document general baseline data on the patterns of childhood malignant
tumours at a teaching hospital in south‐western Nigeria. Design, setting and participants: A …

Central nervous system tumor distribution at a tertiary referral center in Uganda

J Hatef, C Adamson, O Obiga, B Taremwa… - World Neurosurgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Cancer has become the leading cause of death and disability in the develo** world, with
more than 55% of the 12.7 million known cancer cases globally and 64% of the known 7.6 …

Childhood rhabdomyosarcoma in Ibadan, Nigeria: 1984–2003

BJ Brown, AO Oluwasola - Annals of tropical paediatrics, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children under
15 years of age. There is, however, a paucity of reports on the pattern of its occurrence in …