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Table 4 Types of cancers diagnosed in patients enrolled at BCCOE during first year

From: Pursuing equity in cancer care: implementation, challenges and preliminary findings of a public cancer referral center in rural Rwanda

Cancers only (n = 759)

 

n

%

 

n

%

Cancer Type Adults (18 years or older)

657

100.0

Cancer Type Children (<18 years)

102

100.0

Breast cancer

189

28.8

Nephroblastoma

28

27.5

Cervical Cancer

141

21.5

ALLa

25

24.5

Non-Kaposi skin cancer

46

7.0

Hodgkin lymphoma

10

9.8

Head and neck cancer

38

5.8

Rhabdomyosarcoma

7

6.9

Colorectal cancer

26

4.0

Burkitt Lymphoma

5

4.9

Other Gynecological Malignancies

26

4.0

Osteosarcoma

5

4.9

CMLa

22

3.4

Head and neck cancer

4

3.9

Other Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma

21

3.2

Other Leukemias

4

3.9

Gastric cancer

21

3.2

Other Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma

3

2.9

Kaposi sarcoma

16

2.4

Other Bone Cancers

3

2.9

Prostate cancer

16

2.4

Kaposi’s sarcoma

2

2.0

Other GIa

14

2.1

Other Gynecological Malignancies

2

2.0

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

13

2.0

Breast cancer

1

1.0

Soft-tissue Sarcomas

12

1.8

CMLa

1

1.0

Other GUa

11

1.7

Metastatic (unknown primary)

1

1.0

Other solid cancers

9

1.4

Skin cancer

1

1.0

Other Leukemias

8

1.2

   

ALLa

7

1.1

   

Metastatic (unknown primary)

5

0.8

   

Multiple myeloma

5

0.8

   

Osteosarcoma

3

0.5

   

Unknown type

2

0.3

   

Rhabdomyosarcoma

2

0.3

   

Other Bone Cancers

2

0.3

   

Large B-cell lymphoma

1

0.2

   

Nephroblastoma

1

0.2

   
  1. a CML chronic myeloid leukemia, Other GI other gastrointestinal cancers, Other GU other genitourinary cancers, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia