The landscape of neuro-oncology in East Africa: a review of published records

J Haizel-Cobbina, JW Chen, A Belete, MC Dewan… - Child's Nervous …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors represent an important and
growing cause of worldwide morbidity and mortality. There are global variations in the …

SIOP‐PODC adapted risk stratification and treatment guidelines: recommendations for neuroblastoma in low‐and middle‐income settings

NS Parikh, SC Howard, G Chantada… - Pediatric Blood & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in childhood in high‐income
countries (HIC), where consistent treatment approaches based on clinical and tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Management of neuroblastoma in limited-resource settings

J Van Heerden, M Kruger - World journal of clinical oncology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Neuroblastoma (NB) is a heterogeneous disease with variable outcomes
among countries. Little is known about NB in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). AIM …

Neuroblastoma in a developing country: miles to go

JP Meena, AK Gupta - The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2019 - Springer
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common intraabdominal and extracranial solid tumor in
children, accounting for approximately 8% to 10% of all childhood malignancies. As per the …

Overall survival for neuroblastoma in South Africa between 2000 and 2014

J Van Heerden, M Hendricks, J Geel… - Pediatric blood & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Outcome data for neuroblastoma in sub‐Saharan Africa are minimal, whereas
poor outcome is reported in low‐and middle‐income countries. A multi‐institutional …

High-risk neuroblastoma in a sub-Saharan African country: telling it like it is

GP Hadley, J Van Heerden - Tropical doctor, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Neuroblastoma is uncommon in Africa, but when seen usually presents as high-risk disease
with a poor prognosis. This aggressive biology of the tumour is frequently augmented by …

A retrospective evaluation of the presentation, prognostic factors and outcomes of neuroblastoma in Ugandan children

I Nanyanga, GK Kwikiriza, B Atwiine… - Pediatric Hematology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood. The
complete burden and outcomes in Uganda are unknown. The study was a multicenter …

Neuroblastoma: Can lessons from the past help to improve the future?

L Coopoosamy, J Schoeman, DT Reynders… - South African Journal of …, 2023 - ajol.info
Background. The outcome of patients with neuroblastoma in South Africa has always been
very poor. We conducted a retrospective study in one state-funded paediatric oncology unit …

Clinico-pathological patterns of a rare presentation of abdominal neuroblastoma in children

SM Aldaqal, AM Turki - African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: To study the diagnosis, management, and outcome of abdominal
neuroblastoma (NBL) in infants and children and also the behavior of some rare types …

[PDF][PDF] A Ten Year Retrospective Audit of the Clinic-pathological Management and Treatment Outcomes of Patient's with Nephroblastoma (Wilms Tumor) at Kenyatta …

P Mwamba, E Rogena, G Kitonyi - American Journal of Cancer …, 2017 - academia.edu
Background and aims: Treatment of Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor) in children is one of
medicine's success stories. Due to improvements in surgical techniques, drug therapies, and …