Rendón-Macías ME, Fajardo-Gutiérrez A

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ABSTRACT

A total of 183 new cases of childhood cancer were registered in the state of Morelos during the period under study (1996–2007). Taken together, leukemias (45.4 %), tumors of the central nervous system (CNST, 13.1 %), and lymphomas (10.4 %) represented 68.9 % of the total cases. The overall incidence was 141.9 (all rates per 1000 000 children/year), with leukemias having the highest incidence (60.9 per 1,000,000 children/year). By age, children under one year of age had the highest incidence (201.2 per 1 000 000 children/year). The male/female ratio was 1.1. Leukemias and bone tumors showed a tendency to decrease (average annual percent change, AAPC –5.3; CI 95 % –8.7, –1.9; and AAPC –9.5, CI 95 % –17.7, –0.6, respectively. Of the cases of children with solid tumors, 59.4 % was diagnosed in either stage III or IV.