title: Pediatric cancer: The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre experience.
abstract: Between January 1976 and December 1993, a total of 3291 children with cancer were treated at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC). Males accounted for 60.7% and females 39.3%, with a ratio of 1.5:1. The peak age was two to five. The three most common malignancies were leukemias (26.2%), lymphomas (21.3%), and central nervous system (CNS) tumors (15.3%). This report presents some of the epidemiologic data related to the largest number of children with malignancy treated in a single institution in Saudi Arabia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, MBC-64, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Nasser
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Al-Sudairy
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Solh
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Te
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Michels-Harper
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sabbah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ezzat