Table 1.

Total number, relative frequency and incidence rates of cancers presenting to Windhoek State Hospital 2003-2010

Cancer type	Number of cases	Relative frequency (%)	Incidence rate (per million)
Leukaemias	43	22.5	6.6
Lymphomas	23	12.0	3.5
Brain and spinal tumours	10	5.2	1.5
Sympathetic nervous system tumours	12	6.3	1.8
Retinoblastomas	31	16.2	4.8
Renal tumours	26	13.6	4.0
Hepatic tumours	4	2.1	0.6
Malignant bone tumours	5	2.6	0.8
Soft tissue sarcomas	26	13.6	4.0
Germ cell and gonadal neoplasms	8	4.2	1.2
Epithelial neoplasms	2	1.0	0.3
Other neoplasms	1	0.5	0.2
Total	191	100	29.4