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        <journal-title>British Journal of Medical and Health Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">BJMHR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2394-2967</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">BJMHR0308002</article-id>
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        <article-title>Trends in the incidence of Childhood Lymphoma Encompassing Pediatric Population from western Uttar Pradesh</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Qadri</surname>
            <given-names>Shagufta</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ikram</surname>
            <given-names>Arshad</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hasan</surname>
            <given-names>Mahboob</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Akhtar</surname>
            <given-names>Kafil</given-names>
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      <aff id="aff1">Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Department of Pathology, Mahamaya Rajkiya Allopathic Medical College, Ambedkarnagar (UP)</aff>
      <aff id="aff3">Department: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru medical College (JNMC), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, U.P., India PIN: 202002</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2016-08-01">
        <month>08</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2016</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>8</issue>
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        <p>Progress in the diagnosis and treatment of neoplasm in children in past few decades is one of the most gratifying achievement in the field of oncology. Childhood  lymphomas  are rare paediatric malignancy characterized by abnormal growth of lymphocytes. Aims and Objectives of this study was to describe the epidemiology of childhood cancer in western Uttar Pradesh, a state in Northern India, that would serve as a National reference source and will act as a seminal to spawn new research in the field of childhood lymphomas.  The study evaluated a total of 252 cases of pediatric tumors over a period of seven years, including patient of 0-12 years of age group; attending the out-patients and in-patients of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (tertiary care centre), Aligarh, with the complaints of tumor associated sign and symptomsLymphoma being 3rd most common childhood malignancy in our study comprised a total of 15 cases, that included 9 cases of Hodgkinâ€™s Lymphoma (HL) and 6 cases of Non Hodgkinâ€™s Lymphoma (NHL). It accounted for 6% of total neoplasm and 12.5% of all pediatric malignancies. The mean age of occurrence was 8.1 years with a slight male predilection.</p>
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        <kwd>Pediatric</kwd>
        <kwd>Lymphoma</kwd>
        <kwd>Hodgkinâ€™s disease</kwd>
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