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TABLE 7<br />

SITES OF PEDIATRIC CANCERS, LEBANON <strong>2003</strong><br />

(N = 237)<br />

PRIMARY SITES n %<br />

Leukemia 82 34.5<br />

Meninges and brain 33 13.9<br />

Bone & cartilage 21 8.8<br />

Kidney 14 5.9<br />

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 13 5.5<br />

Soft/connective tissues 8 3.4<br />

Eye 7 2.9<br />

Testis 7 2.9<br />

Hodgkin’s lymphoma 7 2.9<br />

Lung and trachea 6 2.5<br />

Others 40 16.8<br />

Total 238 100.0<br />

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