Lydia Businge, Marc Hagenimana, Melitah Motlhale, Aude Bardot, Biying Liu, Kathryn Anastos, Philip E Castle, Gad Murenzi, Kimilu Claire, Daniel Sabushimike, Callixte Cyuzuzo, Gallican Kubwimana, Theoneste Maniragaba, Francois Uwinkindi, Maggie Paczkowski, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Donald Maxwell Parkin
BACKGROUND: The lack of accurate population-based information on childhood cancer stage and survival in low-income countries is a barrier to improving childhood cancer outcomes. METHODS: In this study, data from the Rwanda National Cancer Registry (RNCR) were examined for children aged 0-14 diagnosed in 2013-2017 for the eight most commonly occurring childhood cancers: acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), Burkitt lymphoma (BL), non-Hodgkin lymphoma excluding BL, retinoblastoma, Wilms tumour, osteosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma...
April 26, 2024: Pediatric Blood & Cancer