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Clinico-Pathologic Characteristics And Treatment Outcomes In Children With Neuroblastoma At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi., Grace Kitonyi, William Macharia, Otieno Walter Mwanda, R. Pamnani
Clinico-Pathologic Characteristics And Treatment Outcomes In Children With Neuroblastoma At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi., Grace Kitonyi, William Macharia, Otieno Walter Mwanda, R. Pamnani
Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa
Objective: To determine clinical-pathologic characteristics, treatment modalities and treatment outcomes of children diagnosed with neuroblastoma.
Design: Cross- sectional descriptive study based on secondary data from patient records.
Setting: Records department of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), a tertiary teaching and referral hospital based in Nairobi.
Subjects: Children aged 15 years and below, admitted with the diagnosis of neuroblastoma, between January 1997 and December 2005.
Main outcome measures: Presenting clinical features, diagnostic modalities including laboratory and imaging data, treatment modalities, response to treatment and patient survival.
Results: Twenty six patients were eligible for the study; 13 males and 13 females giving a …