Table 1 Childhood cancer incidence (0–14 years) by period of diagnosis in Bangladesh, 2001–2014

Total

455

2.0

988

5.1

1474

7.8

2.0:1

 I Leukaemia

269

59.1

1.2

264

26.7

1.4

271

18.4

1.4

3.2:1

 ALL

226

212

234

 AML

18

38

29

II Lymphoma

89

19.6

0.4

237

24.0

1.2

115

7.8

0.6

2.7:1

 Hodgkin lymphoma

7

74

22

 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

31

121

68

III CNS tumours

–

–

–

5

0.5

0.03

65

4.4

0.3

1.5:1

Ependymoma

–

–

15

 Astrocytoma

–

–

16

Medulloblastoma

–

–

16

IV Neuroblastoma

17

3.7

0.08

24

2.4

0.1

54

3.7

0.3

1.0:1

V Retinoblastoma

6

1.3

0.03

74

7.5

0.4

374

25.4

2.1

1.8:1

VI Renal tumours

27

5.9

0.2

95

9.6

0.5

90

6.1

0.5

2.1:1

Nephroblastoma

25

87

89

VII Hepatic tumours

8

1.8

0.04

13

1.3

0.07

29

2.0

0.2

3.8:1

Hepatoblastoma

8

13

29

VIII Bone tumours

2

0.4

0.01

60

6.1

0.3

175

11.9

0.9

1.6:1

Osteosarcoma

1

38

91

Chondrosarcoma

–

–

4

 Ewing tumour

1

22

79

IX Soft tissue sarcomas

18

4.0

0.09

45

4.6

0.2

101

6.9

0.5

2.0:1

Rhabdomyosarcoma

18

34

74

Fibrosarcoma

–

3

14

X Germ cell and gonadal tumours

7

1.5

0.03

117

11.8

0.6

125

8.5

0.6

1.2:1

XI Other epithelial tumours

3

0.7

0.01

36

3.6

0.2

52

3.5

0.3

2.7:1

 Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

1

18

13

XII Other and unspecified tumours

9

2.0

0.04

18

1.8

0.09

23

1.6

0.1

1.6:1