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Abstract
Background: To find out the spectrum of childhood
malignancies
Methods: In this descriptive study all children under
12 years, admitted at Fauji Foundation Hospital
Rawalpindi, with confirmed diagnosis of any malignancy
by means of histological or cytological examinations were
included.
Results: Out of 81 cases of malignancies forty two
(51.9%) were between 5-9 years of age, 20(24.7%) were 0-5
years of age and 19(23.5%) were 9-12 years of age. The
frequency of paediatric malignancies was found to be
higher among boys (66.7%). Leukemia (54.3%) was the
commonest followed by Lymphoma (23.5%) and Wilm’s
tumor (8.6%).
Conclusion: Peak age incidence for malignancies is 5-9
years (51.5%). The most common malignancy in age group
0-5 years is Wilm’s tumor (6.2%) while ALL is common in
age groups 5-9 years and 9-12 years (30.9% and 9.9%
respectively)