Author(s)

Jess Elio Kosh Komba Palet^1,2*, Cyriaque Simplice Kango^1,2, Carine Kiteze Nguinzanemou¹, Marie Christine Awa Sépou Yanza^1,2, Marie Colette Nganda Bangue^1,2, Barbara Ouansaba^2,3, Mouhamadou Ousmane¹, Jean Chrysostome Gody^1,2, Boniface Koffi^2,3

¹Complexe Pédiatrique de Bangui, Bangui, République Centrafricaine.
²Faculté des Sciences de la Santé de l’Université de Bangui, Bangui, République Centrafricaine.
³Laboratoire National de Biologie Clinique et de Santé Publique, Bangui, République Centrafricaine.

Objectives: To determine the epidemiological, clinical and anatomopathological aspects of childhood cancer in CAR. Patients and Methods: This was a retrospective study carried out from May 2015 to May 2018, at the Center Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique de Bangui (CHUPB). The study population consisted of patients aged under 15 followed in the UHOPB for malignant tumors on clinical, radiological or ultrasound suspicion of malignancy and confirmed or not by histology or biology. A questionnaire was used to collect the data which was analyzed using SPSS11.0 software. Results: During the study period, we collected 107 cases of childhood cancer. The annual hospital incidence was 1.27% in 2016; 1.93% in 2017 and 1.50% in 2018 The average monthly frequency of patients followed is 35.66. The intensity of pain assessed in the 99 patients ranged from 02/10 to 09/10 with an average of 5.41/10. The mean duration of the disease was 3.3 months with extremes at 1.2 months and 36 months. A predominance of comorbidity with HIV is 41.66%. Histologically diagnosed malignant tumors are dominated by 30.4% Burkitt’s lymphoma. Conclusion: Data on cancer incidence are scarce in developing countries and for the most part are hospital statistics. In CAR, it will be important to set up a national register for collecting information.

Cancer, Child, Epidemiology, Central African Republic

Palet, J. , Kango, C. , Nguinzanemou, C. , Yanza, M. , Bangue, M. , Ouansaba, B. , Ousmane, M. , Gody, J. and Koffi, B. (2022) Epidemiological, Clinical and Anatomopathological Aspects of Cancers in Central African Republic Children. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 12, 841-849. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2022.125085.