BACKGROUND & AIMS:
All patients referred to the Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine in Peshawar (IRNUM) during 1990 to 1994 were analyzed. There were 1655 children with biopsy-proven cancers; 1290 were from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), and the remaining 365 were Afghan refugees. Male children from the NWFP were 67% and females were 33%. Among Afghan children, 69% were males and 31% were females. Patients whose histopathologies were doubtful or not available were excluded from the study. The most common tumors in children in the NWFP were lymphoid leukemia, lymphoma, myeloid leukemia, Wilms tumor, tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), soft tissue sarcoma, bone tumors, retinoblastoma, neuroblastoma, and testicular tumors. Among Afghan children the most common cancers were lymphoma, lymphoid leukemia, myeloid leukemia, Wilms tumor, retinoblastoma, tumors of soft tissue, bone tumors, CNS tumors, testicular tumors, and neuroblastoma.
背景与目标:
分析了1990年至1994年间转诊至白沙瓦放射与核医学研究所(IRNUM)的所有患者。有1655名儿童经活检证实为癌症。 1290名来自西北边境省(NWFP),其余365名是阿富汗难民。 NWFP的男性儿童为67%,女性为33%。在阿富汗儿童中,男性占69%,女性占31%。组织病理学可疑或无法获得的患者被排除在研究之外。 NWFP儿童中最常见的肿瘤是淋巴样白血病,淋巴瘤,髓样白血病,Wilms肿瘤,中枢神经系统(CNS)肿瘤,软组织肉瘤,骨肿瘤,视网膜母细胞瘤,神经母细胞瘤和睾丸肿瘤。在阿富汗儿童中,最常见的癌症是淋巴瘤,淋巴样白血病,髓样白血病,威尔姆斯瘤,视网膜母细胞瘤,软组织肿瘤,骨肿瘤,中枢神经系统肿瘤,睾丸肿瘤和神经母细胞瘤。