Common Childhood Cancer in Sudan (2012-2013)

Abstract

This study aims to provide knowledge concerning childhood cancers in Sudan. An overview of the most common type of malignancies for different age groups and the correlation between the disease and the relation between the children parents. Data were collected from records of Borg Al-Amal Hospital in Khartoum city for a sample of 300 children of age less than 15 year during the year (2013). The cancers cases were classified according to the type of cancers, age, gender and familial relation between the parents. Data were analyzed and the study come to the following results: there are a correlation between certain cancers with the close relation between the parents mainly in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, brain cancers, acute myeloid leukemia and retinoblastoma. The ratio of cancer incidence in males to females is 4:3.