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Incidence of Childhood Cancer in Kingston and St Andrew, Jamaica, 1983–2002

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DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2012.009
Pages: 
575–81
Synopsis: 
The rankings of the commonest childhood malignancies in Jamaica (leukaemia, brain and spinal neoplasms and lymphomas) have shown few changes since the last review. However, there are unexplained differences in frequency and gender distribution of some tumours.
ABSTRACT
 
Objectives: There have been several modifications to the classification of childhood cancers since the first report (1968–1981) specific to the Jamaican paediatric population was published in 1988. This paper reports on paediatric cancer incidence in Kingston and St Andrew, Jamaica, for the 20-year period 1983–2002 based on these modifications.
 
Accepted: 
28 May, 2012
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e-Published: 22 Jan, 2014
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