Profile of Paediatric Malignancies in Yangon Children Hospital: A Three Year Study

Abstract 13Although paediatric malignancy is one of the major health threats worldwide and its incidence is on rise, little is known about its epidemiology. In Myanmar also, reports on the pattern of childhood cancer are very few. Reliable paediatric cancer data are essential for assessing the magnitude of this problem and for qualified paediatric cancer care. This study aimed to describe the relative frequencies of various paediatric malignancies in Yangon Children Hospital (YCH) according to age and sex. This hospital based retrospective study covered all children aged 0 to 14 years with confirmed malignancies using 3 years hospital records of Haematology-Oncology Unit, from January 2012 to December 2014. Total 609 patients were diagnosed as cancer during study period. Among them, 379 cases (62.2%) were haematological malignancies and 230 cases (37.8%) were solid tumours. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (27.5%), Acute myeloblastic leukemia (14.3%), Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (14%) and Retinoblastoma (9.7%) wer...