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Clinical Presentation And Treatment Outcome In Children With Nephroblastoma In Kenya, F.K. Abdallah, William Macharia
Clinical Presentation And Treatment Outcome In Children With Nephroblastoma In Kenya, F.K. Abdallah, William Macharia
Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa
Objective: To review the clinical presentation and management of children with nephroplastoma and the factors influencing the outcome at Kenyatta National Referral and Teaching Hospital (KNH).
Design: This was a retrospective case series study based on secondary data accumulated between 1990 and 1996.
Setting: The relevant data were extracted from records of all children aged 12 years and below, admitted for cancer at KNH, Nairobi.
Results: Out of 803 children with cancer, 71 (8.8% ) had histologically proven nephroblastoma. At presentation, 1.5% were in stage I, 13.2% stage II, 36.8% stage III, 41.2% stage IV and 7.4% stage V. Eighty …