title: Childhood leukemia is still a deadly disease in Yaounde, Cameroon: a report of 14 cases.
abstract: In the Pediatric Unit of the University Teaching Hospital Center of Yaounde, 58 of 2,900 (2%) hospitalized children aged 0 to 15 years who had a malignancy were studied. Fourteen (24.1%) had acute leukemia based on morphologic and cytochemical studies. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia was encountered in 11 of these patients (78.6%). The male to female ratio was 1.3 to 1. Nine of the 11 children (64.3%) were 5 years of age or younger. Eleven (78.6%) died of disease progression and its complications.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Service, University Teaching Hospital Center (UTHC), Yaounde, Cameroon.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Obama
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zekeng
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ketchiozo
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Owono
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Kouam
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mbede
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy*