Table 2 Adolescent cancer incidence (15–19 years) by period of diagnosis in Bangladesh, 2001–2014

Total

93

1.5

133

2.1

1.4:1

I Leukaemia

3

3.2

0.05

6

4.5

0.09

5.0:1

 ALL

2

6

 AML

1

–

II Lymphoma

38

40.9

0.6

7

5.3

0.1

1.3:1

 Hodgkin lymphoma

13

2

 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

25

4

III CNS tumours

1

1.1

0.02

10

7.5

0.2

2.3:1

Ependymoma

–

–

 Astrocytoma

–

3

Medulloblastoma

–

5

IV Neuroblastoma

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

V Retinoblastoma

1

1.1

0.02

2

1.5

0.03

–

VI Renal tumours

3

3.2

0.05

–

–

–

–

Nephroblastoma

3

–

VII Hepatic tumours

–

–

–

1

0.8

0.02

–

Hepatoblastoma

–

1

VIII Bone tumours

18

19.4

0.3

50

37.6

0.8

1.9:1

 Osteosarcoma

13

34

Chondrosarcoma

–

1

 Ewing tumour

5

15

IX Soft tissue sarcomas

6

6.5

0.1

11

8.3

0.2

0.6:1

Rhabdomyosarcoma

5

6

Fibrosarcoma

–

2

X Germ cell and gonadal tumours

14

15.1

0.2

22

16.5

0.4

0.4:1

XI Other epithelial tumours

7

7.5

0.1

21

15.8

0.3

4.3:1

 Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

4

1

XII Other and unspecified tumours

2

2.2

0.03

3

2.3

0.05

0.5:1