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Table 1: Types of malignancy in the pediatric cancer patients
| Type of malignancy | Number | Percent | |||
| Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) | 5 | 8.1 | |||
| Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 22 | 35.5 | |||
| Osteosarcoma | 4 | 6.5 | |||
| Stem cell glioma | 1 | 1.6 | |||
| Glioblastoma | 2 | 3.2 | |||
| Acute myeloblastic leukemia | 4 | 6.5 | |||
| Astrocytoma | 2 | 3.2 | |||
| Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) | 8 | 12.9 | |||
| Ca lung | 1 | 1.6 | |||
| Rhabdomyosarcoma | 3 | 4.8 | |||
| Neuroblastoma | 3 | 4.8 | |||
| Ewing’s sarcoma | 4 | 6.5 | |||
| Anaplastic astrocytoma | 1 | 1.6 | |||
| Ca in situ | 1 | 1.6 | |||
| Hepatoblastoma | 1 | 1.6 | |||
| Total | 62 | 100.0 |
