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Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (1996–2001)

BACKGROUND: The objective of this article is to present the frequency of cancer in Mexican children who were treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Mexico City (IMSS-MC) in the period 1996–2001. METHODS: The Registry of Cancer in Children, started in 1996 in the IMSS...

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Autores principales: Juárez-Ocaña, Servando, González-Miranda, Guadalupe, Mejía-Aranguré, Juan Manuel, Rendón-Macías, Mario Enrique, Martínez-García, María del Carmen, Fajardo-Gutiérrez, Arturo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC514610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15310396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-4-50
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author Juárez-Ocaña, Servando
González-Miranda, Guadalupe
Mejía-Aranguré, Juan Manuel
Rendón-Macías, Mario Enrique
Martínez-García, María del Carmen
Fajardo-Gutiérrez, Arturo
author_facet Juárez-Ocaña, Servando
González-Miranda, Guadalupe
Mejía-Aranguré, Juan Manuel
Rendón-Macías, Mario Enrique
Martínez-García, María del Carmen
Fajardo-Gutiérrez, Arturo
author_sort Juárez-Ocaña, Servando
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: The objective of this article is to present the frequency of cancer in Mexican children who were treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Mexico City (IMSS-MC) in the period 1996–2001. METHODS: The Registry of Cancer in Children, started in 1996 in the IMSS-MC, is an on-going, prospective register. The data from 1996 through 2001 were analyzed and the different types of cancer were grouped according to the International Classification for Cancer in Children (ICCC). From this analysis, the general and specific frequencies by age and by sex were obtained for the different groups of neoplasms. Also, the frequency of the stage of the disease that had been diagnosed in cases of children with solid tumors was obtained. RESULTS: A total of 1,702 new cases of children with cancer were registered, with the male/female ratio at 1.1/1. Leukemias had the highest frequency with 784 cases (46.1%) and, of these, acute lymphoblastic leukemias were the most prevalent with 614 cases (78.3%). Thereafter, in descending order of frequency, were tumors of the central nervous system (CNST) with 197 cases (11.6%), lymphomas with 194 cases (11.4%), germinal cell tumors with 110 cases (6.5%), and bone tumors with 97 cases (5.7%). The highest frequency of cancer was found in the group of one to four year-olds that had 627 cases (36.8%). In all the age groups, leukemias were the most frequent. In the present work, the frequency of Hodgkin's disease (~4%) was found to be lower than that (~10%) in previous studies and the frequency of tumors of the sympathetic nervous system was low (2.3%). Of those cases of solid tumors for which the stage of the disease had been determined, 66.9% were diagnosed as being Stage III or IV. CONCLUSIONS: The principal cancers in the children treated in the IMSS-MC were leukemias, CNST, and lymphomas, consistent with those reported by developed countries. A 2.5-fold reduction in the frequency of Hodgkin's disease was found. Of the children, the stage of whose disease had been determined, two thirds were diagnosed as having advanced stages of the disease.
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spelling pubmed-5146102004-08-30 Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (1996–2001) Juárez-Ocaña, Servando González-Miranda, Guadalupe Mejía-Aranguré, Juan Manuel Rendón-Macías, Mario Enrique Martínez-García, María del Carmen Fajardo-Gutiérrez, Arturo BMC Cancer Research Article BACKGROUND: The objective of this article is to present the frequency of cancer in Mexican children who were treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Mexico City (IMSS-MC) in the period 1996–2001. METHODS: The Registry of Cancer in Children, started in 1996 in the IMSS-MC, is an on-going, prospective register. The data from 1996 through 2001 were analyzed and the different types of cancer were grouped according to the International Classification for Cancer in Children (ICCC). From this analysis, the general and specific frequencies by age and by sex were obtained for the different groups of neoplasms. Also, the frequency of the stage of the disease that had been diagnosed in cases of children with solid tumors was obtained. RESULTS: A total of 1,702 new cases of children with cancer were registered, with the male/female ratio at 1.1/1. Leukemias had the highest frequency with 784 cases (46.1%) and, of these, acute lymphoblastic leukemias were the most prevalent with 614 cases (78.3%). Thereafter, in descending order of frequency, were tumors of the central nervous system (CNST) with 197 cases (11.6%), lymphomas with 194 cases (11.4%), germinal cell tumors with 110 cases (6.5%), and bone tumors with 97 cases (5.7%). The highest frequency of cancer was found in the group of one to four year-olds that had 627 cases (36.8%). In all the age groups, leukemias were the most frequent. In the present work, the frequency of Hodgkin's disease (~4%) was found to be lower than that (~10%) in previous studies and the frequency of tumors of the sympathetic nervous system was low (2.3%). Of those cases of solid tumors for which the stage of the disease had been determined, 66.9% were diagnosed as being Stage III or IV. CONCLUSIONS: The principal cancers in the children treated in the IMSS-MC were leukemias, CNST, and lymphomas, consistent with those reported by developed countries. A 2.5-fold reduction in the frequency of Hodgkin's disease was found. Of the children, the stage of whose disease had been determined, two thirds were diagnosed as having advanced stages of the disease. BioMed Central 2004-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC514610/ /pubmed/15310396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-4-50 Text en Copyright © 2004 Juárez-Ocaña et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Juárez-Ocaña, Servando
González-Miranda, Guadalupe
Mejía-Aranguré, Juan Manuel
Rendón-Macías, Mario Enrique
Martínez-García, María del Carmen
Fajardo-Gutiérrez, Arturo
Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (1996–2001)
title Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (1996–2001)
title_full Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (1996–2001)
title_fullStr Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (1996–2001)
title_full_unstemmed Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (1996–2001)
title_short Frequency of cancer in children residing in Mexico City and treated in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (1996–2001)
title_sort frequency of cancer in children residing in mexico city and treated in the hospitals of the instituto mexicano del seguro social (1996–2001)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC514610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15310396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-4-50
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