title: Causes of death in a paediatric oncology unit.
abstract: The records of 101 patients (64 males and 37 females) registered at Bristol Children's Hospital who died between January 1986 and December 1989 were reviewed to determine the cause of death. Nineteen patients (19%) died without obtaining remission and 6 (6%) in first remission. Seventy-six (75%) died after relapse; three during re-induction and two in second remission. The causes of death were active disease in 85 patients (84%), active disease and infection (4%), active disease and other factors (4%), infection only (3%), toxic cardiomyopathy (2%), graft versus host disease (2%), and second malignancy (1%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Oncology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol, England.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: al-Asiri
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mott
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oakhill
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D002423:Cause of Death; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000401:mortality; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000401:mortality; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000401:mortality; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000401:mortality; D016019:Survival Analysis