Iranian journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Iranian journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Iran J Ped Hematol Oncol
Medical Sciences
http://ijpho.ssu.ac.ir
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Epidemiology of Childhood Cancer in Northeast of Iran
قلب
Heart
پژوهشي
Research
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background:</strong> Malignant neoplasms remain the second leading cause of death in children after accidents. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of childhood cancer in children admitted to Dr sheikh hospital, Iran.<br>
<strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This descriptive cross- sectional study had been done in Dr Sheikh Hospital in Mashhad University of medical science on 1764 children younger than 14 years old from 2006up to 2014 with cancer that has been pathologically confirmed. All information about the age, sex, type of cancers, and the residence of patients were collected and recorded from their medical records.<br>
<strong>Results:</strong> Regarding gender, 1055 of cases were male and 709 female. The mean age of patients was 5.8± 4.2 years old while 30% were in age group of 3-6 years. Results showed that leukemia (56.4%), Lymphomas (10.3%), renal tumor (9.3%), malignant bone tumor (4.4%), and CNS tumor (4.1%) were the most prevalent malignancies in children admitted to Dr Sheikh hospital in Mashhad, Iran. The most common form of leukemia was ALL (86.9%). during the course of thestudy, the lowest and highest age standardized incidence rate was 114 (2006) and 142 (2014) cases out of each 1000,000 person, respectively.<br>
<strong>Conclusion:</strong> Distribution of childhood cancer in terms of year revealed the increase of mlignant tumor prevalence about 2.5% from 2006 to 2014. Incidence of childhood cancers in Dr Sheikh hospital in Northeast of Iran was similar to neighboring province and other countries.</p>
Cancer, Child, Epidemiology, Neoplasm
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http://ijpho.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-70-107&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Haleh
Boroumand
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Dr Sheikh hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mahdi
Moshki
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Associate Professoe, Department of Public Health, School oh Health, Social Development and Health Promotion Research
Abdoljavad
Khajavi
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Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
Mozhgan
Darabian
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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Haydeh
Hashemizadeh
Yes
Department of nursing, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran.