Paediatric solid malignant tumours in Zimbabwe

This paper presents solid childhood tumours seen in Zimbabwe. There were equal number of boys and girls under the age of fifteen years presenting with malignant tumours. Different tumours however showed differences in the sex frequencies. The commonest tumour seen was the Wilm's tumour with lymphomas as the second commonest tumour. Burkitt's lymphoma was very rare as were tumours of the central nervous system.