Survey of Cancer in Children Admitted to a Brazilian Charity Hospital<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN2">2</xref>

Abstract

Childhood malignancies seen over a 15-year period in a Brazil charity hospital in São Paulo City have been retrospectively analyzed. The site and type pattern of these 520 childhood malignancies differ considerably from the United States and European patterns and also from the African patterns. Among the notable differences are the high frequencies of Hodgkin's disease, adrenal cortical tumors, and renal carcinomas. Other less significant differences are discussed.