title: Childhood malignancies at BS Medical College: a ten year study.
abstract: A retrospective study of malignant diseases of childhood was carried out at B. S. Medical College, Bankura, W.B. to know the prevalence. It includes cases detected in this institution during 1990-1999 in the age group of 0-14 years. Cases were identified from previous records. Histopathology slides, stained by hematoxylin and eosin, were recovered and reviewed. Diagnosis were made by morphology. Hematological diagnosis were made by morphology and cyto-chemistry. In total 120 cases were detected. Acute leukemia (39.2%) was the commonest, followed by retinoblastoma (19.2%), lymphoma (10.8%), Wilm's tumor (10%) and rhabdomyosarcoma (9.1%). Brain tumors were not found due to non-availability of Neurosurgical Unit in this institution. Frequency of neuroblastoma was very low, only 2 out of a total of 120. In comparison to studies in Southern India and Western countries retinoblastoma and soft tissue sarcoma are more prevalent here, while there is a much lower prevalence of neuroblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, B.S. Medical College, Bankura, WB.
authors.forename: Kuntal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: Amitava
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Ganesh Chandra
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Hati
authors.forename: Rupam
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karmakar
authors.forename: Arijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000453:epidemiology