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Clinico-epidemiological features and response in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia at regional cancer center of Northeast India
INTRODUCTION: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) comprises 19.3% of all childhood cancers in Northeast India. METHODS: We analyzed clinicoepidemiological features and early response to the treatment of all the cases of childhood ALL (age <15 years) diagnosed and treated at Dr. B Borooah Cancer In...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6852634/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31807488 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sajc.sajc_249_19 |
Sumario: | INTRODUCTION: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) comprises 19.3% of all childhood cancers in Northeast India. METHODS: We analyzed clinicoepidemiological features and early response to the treatment of all the cases of childhood ALL (age <15 years) diagnosed and treated at Dr. B Borooah Cancer Institute over 1 year. RESULTS: Of 52 eligible cases, 69% were male (male:female ratio of 2.2:1) and the mean age was 7.1 years. Thirty-three children (63%) had baseline white blood cell count ≥20 × 10(9)/L. Precursor B-cell was most the common subtype seen in 61% of children. Seven cases (14%) had high-risk (HR) cytogenetics, with t (9,22) being the most common one. Male sex and HR cytogenetics were significantly associated with poor early responses. CONCLUSION: ALL is a common childhood malignancy with high cure rates. However, poor socioeconomic status and the presence of higher proportions of disease-related factors lead to poor outcome in this part of the country. |
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