Trends in International Incidence of Pediatric Cancers in Children Under 5 Years of Age: 1988-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric cancer incidence has been steadily increasing over the last several decades with the largest increases reported in infants. Few evaluations have looked at international pediatric cancer incidence trends in the youngest children. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate trends in cancer incidence in children under 5 years of age, overall and by type, using data from Cancer Incidence in 5 Continents (CI5) from 1988 to 2012 (CI5 volumes VII-XI).

Methods

Rates of cancers in children ages 0-4 years were extracted from registries available in CI5 from 1988 to 2012. To overcome small numbers in individual registries, numerators and denominators were aggregated within regions corresponding to the United Nations' geoscheme. Average annual per

SUBMITTER: Hubbard AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6455426 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature