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Master of Public Health

Risk factors for abandonment of Wilms tumor therapy in Kenya.

AUTHORS

Libes J , Oruko O , Abdallah F , Githanga J , Ndung'u J , Musimbi J , Njuguna F , Patel K , White J , Axt JR , O'Neill JA , Shrubsole M , Li M , Lovvorn HN , . Pediatric blood & cancer. 2014 11 8; ().

ABSTRACT

Survival from Wilms tumor (WT) in sub-Saharan Africa remains dismal as a result of on-therapy mortality and treatment abandonment. Review of patients diagnosed from 2008 to 2011 in our Kenyan Wilms Tumor Registry showed a loss to follow up (LTFU) rate approaching 50%. The purpose of this study was to trace those LTFU, estimate the survival rate, and identify risk factors for treatment abandonment.

Survival from Wilms tumor (WT) in sub-Saharan Africa remains dismal as a result of on-therapy mortality and treatment abandonment. Review of patients diagnosed from 2008 to 2011 in our Kenyan Wilms Tumor Registry showed a loss to follow up (LTFU) rate approaching 50%. The purpose of this study was to trace those LTFU, estimate the survival rate, and identify risk factors for treatment abandonment.

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