Aim: To determine the pattern of clinical presentation and haematological parameters of leukaemias, which had not been documented in this part of Niger Delta region of Nigeria, noted for its petrochemical industries and gas flare sites.
The aim of this study is to determine the compliance rate, reasons for default and factors affecting compliance. One hundred and twenty patients on chemotherapy for leukaemia were followed up for between 6 months and 18 months at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital. The reasons for default were recorded. Compliant and noncompliant patients were compared in terms of survival and personal characteristics.
Objective: To determine the incidence and survival of patients with leukaemia in Niger Delta region of Nigeria, noted for its petrochemical industries. Design: A prospective study of 120 cases of leukaemia from 1993 to 2003. Main outcome measures: Demographic and clinical information including duration of illness before presentation was obtained by oral interview.
Leukaemias are diffuse clonal neoplastic disorders of the bone marrow and blood cells. With recent advances in management of leukaemia, prolonged survival and perhaps cure of the disease is a real possibility. A study of ocular lesions is important both because of their local morbidity and because they might act as a reservoir for proliferation of leukaemic cells and eventual systemic relapse. Almost any ocular tissue can be involved in leukaemia either by direct infiltration, haemorrhage, ischaemia or toxicity from various chemotherapeutic agents or radiotherapy.
