Epidemiology of Childhood Cancer in Northwest Iran

Fathi, Afshin; Amani, F; Bahadoram, Mohammad

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.13.5459

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“…These results are similar to other studies. [5,6,7,8,9]. It was found that most common cancer group in the present study were leukemia (54%) followed by lymphoma (8.36%), Brain tumours (7.27%) and Sarcoma (7.27%).…”

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Spectrum of pediatric malignancy- A cancer hospital-based study

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Objective: Childhood malignancy being a significant cause of mortality among children. The aim of the study is to find out the epidemiology of tumours in children in our region below <14 years age who presented to tertiary care Cancer hospital, Bhopal, M.P. for period of four years (2015)(2016)(2017)(2018). Methodology: All children with cancer, aged 1-14 years diagnosed by mean of histological and cytological examination during a period of 4 years were reviewed. Results: During the period of four years 275 patients were diagnosed as having paediatric malignancies. According to year wise distribution highest incidence of cases were found in 2016 (32.72%). The highest number of cases, 96(35%) were in 10-14 years of age group and mean age was 7.43 with SD 4.0. Male were affected more than females with ratio of 2.66:1. It was observed that haematological malignancies were more common 172(62.54%) than the non haematological malignancies 103(37.45%). Leukemia 150 (54.54%) is most common pediatric cancer amongst which Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is most common haematological malignancy. Overall, it was found that most common cancer group in the present study were leukemia (54%) followed by lymphoma (8.36%), Brain tumours (7.27%) and Sarcoma (7.27%). Conclusion: Although the exact incidence rate cannot be provided by this hospital-based study, the information is useful in showing distribution patterns of childhood malignancy in this region.

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Spectrum of pediatric malignancy- A cancer hospital-based study

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“…To make effective health policies, robust documents in population-based cancer registries are required. Although several studies focused on regional cancer registries in Iran (13)(14)(15), there is a remarkable paucity of literature on national and subnational population-based cancer incidence and cancer trend reports in Iran.…”

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Trends of National and Subnational Incidence of Childhood Cancer Groups in Iran: 1990–2016

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Background: Childhood cancer is a double-edged sword, considering its high rate of response to treatment despite a high vulnerability to develop future malignancies in survivors. Thus, multidisciplinary preventive, curative, and supportive strategies must be incorporated in childhood cancer care that require understanding the distribution and trend of cancer in the target population. In this article, we aimed to report the national and subnational trends of childhood cancer incidence in Iran from 1990 to 2016, and mortality/incidence ratio (MIR), which, to our knowledge, have not been reported in previous literature. Method:Data on the incidence and mortality rates were collected from the National and Subnational Burden of Diseases project. We employed a two-stage spatiotemporal model to estimate cancer incidences by sex, age, province, and year based on the primary dataset of national death registration system. National and subnational age and gender-specific trends as well as MIR were calculated.Result: The age-standardized incidence rate had a steady increasing trend for cancers in both female [annual percent change (APC), 1.6%] and male (APC, 2.1%) patients. Not only there was an increasing trend in most provinces but also there was a 40% divergence in age-standardized incidence rate at subnational levels. Leukemia, lymphoma, neoplasms of the central nervous system (CNS), digestive tract, endocrine gland, and urinary tract were the leading causes of cancer comprising more than half of all cancers. There was a remarkable general decrease in MIR by 75% as a proxy of care quality. Conclusion:Regarding the increased trend of childhood cancer incidence, there is an essential need to address the etiologic factors and establish preventive plans for childhood cancers. Despite the favorable outcomes observed in cancer care, commensurate health resource allocation must be applied to diminish the subnational disparities.

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“…It's suggests that twice as many children aged 0-14 years have cancer compared to adolescents aged 15-19 years (Zhu, Pickle, Zou, & Cucinelli, 2014), while data from Egypt has shown that 44% of children aged 0-4 years have cancer, followed by 26% of children aged 9-15 years and 22% of children aged 5-8 years (Malla, 2017). Research in North West Iran indicates that the highest prevalence of cancer occurs in children aged 0-4 years, while in North East Iran, the highest prevalence is in children aged 3-6 years (Fathi, Bahadoram, & Amani, 2015). The research from other Asian countries, Japan, also shows that the highest age group suffering from cancer is the age group of 0-4 years (Katanoda et al, 2017).…”

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