Clinical characteristics of childhood cancer in emergency room in a tertiary hospital in Pakistan
Journal Title: World Journal of Emergency Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Worldwide, cancer is an important cause of mortality in children aged over 1 year.[1] Numerically, the major cancers include acute lymphoblastic leukemia, CNS tumors and lymphomas.[2–6] Cancer incidence is increasing in children globally as well as in Pakistan but the etiology is poorly understood.[7] There are an estimated 160 000 new cases and 90 000 deaths per year worldwide in children aged under 15 years.[8] The exact incidence in Pakistan is not known as there is no national tumor registry.
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