Childhood acute leukemias are frequent in Mexico City: descriptive epidemiology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, acute leukemia is the most common type of childhood cancer. It is particularly common in the Hispanic populations residing in the United States, Costa Rica, and Mexico City. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of acute leukemia in children who were diagnosed and treated in public hospitals in Mexico City.

Methods

Included in this study were those children, under 15 years of age and residents of Mexico City, who were diagnosed in 2006 and 2007 with leukemia, as determined by using the International Classification of Childhood Cancer. The average annual incidence rates (AAIR), and the standardized average annual incidence rates (SAAIR) per million children were calculated. We calculated crude, age- and sex-specific incidence rates a

SUBMITTER: Perez-Saldivar ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3171387 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature