Profile of Childhood Cancers From Hospital-Based Cancer Registries in India, 2012-19.
Indian Pediatr
; 61(1): 39-44, 2024 Jan 15.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the clinical pattern of childhood and adolescent cancers across India using hospital-based data in the National Cancer Registry Program.METHODS:
Records of 60720 cancer cases in the 0-19 year age group for the period 2012-2019 from 96 hospital-based cancer registries were reviewed. Childhood cancers were classified based on the International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC). Descriptive analysis was used to examine the distribution of cancer by five-year age groups, sex and ICCC diagnostic groups and subgroups. Data were analysed using IBM SPSS software and visualised using R software.RESULTS:
3.2% and 4.6% of all cancer cases in India were among children in the 0-14 year and 0-19 year age groups respectively. The male-to-female ratio for all cancers was 1.72 for 0-14 years and 1.73 for 0-19 years. The four leading groups of cancers among 0-14 year olds were leukemia (40%), lymphoma (12%), central nervous system tumor (11%) and bone cancer (8%). The four leading cancers among the 0-19 year age group were leukemia (36%), lymphoma (12%), bone (11%) and central nervous system tumor (10%).CONCLUSION:
Cancers in the 0-14 and 0-19 age groups accounted for a considerable proportion of all cancers with significant male preponderance. Such information helps to fine-tune research and planning strategies.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Leucemia
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Neoplasias del Sistema Nervioso Central
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Linfoma
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Indian Pediatr
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Indian pediatr
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Indian pediatrics
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article