Childhood cancer incidence and survival in Thailand: A comprehensive population-based registry analysis, 1990-2011.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Southeast Asia is undergoing a transition from infectious to chronic diseases, including a dramatic increase in adult cancers. Childhood cancer research in Thailand has focused predominantly on leukemias and lymphomas or only examined children for a short period of time. This comprehensive multisite study examined childhood cancer incidence and survival rates in Thailand across all International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC) groups over a 20-year period.

Methods

Cancer cases diagnosed in children ages 0-19 years (n = 3574) from 1990 to 2011 were extracted from five provincial population-based Thai registries, covering approximately 10% of the population. Descriptive statistics of the quality of the registries were evaluated. Age-standardized incidence

SUBMITTER: Bidwell SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478028 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature