Table 2 Type of malignancy and condition at discharge of children at Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, September 2010 to August 2013
From: Childhood cancer in Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Type of malignancy | Condition at discharge | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Improved | Referred | No clinical change and/or against medical advicea | Unknown | ||
Hematological malignancy | 5 (11.6 %) | 9 (20.9 %) | 3 (7 %) | 23 (53.5 %) | 3 (7 %) | 43 (60.6 %) |
Wilms tumor | 0 | 1 (7.7 %) | 0 | 12 (92.3 %) | 0 | 13 (18.3 %) |
Neuroblastoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (100 %) | 0 | 5 (7.0 %) |
Rhabdomyosarcoma | 0 | 3 (100 %) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4.2 %) |
Brain tumor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (100 %) | 0 | 3 (4.2 %) |
Hepatoblastoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (100 %) | 0 | 2 (2.8 %) |
Retinoblastoma | 0 | 1 (100 %) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.4 %) |
Osteosarcoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100 %) | 0 | 1 (1.4 %) |
Total | 5 (7.0 %) | 14 (19.7 %) | 3 (4.2 %) | 46 (64.8 %) | 3 (4.2 %) | 71 (100 %) |