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E PIDEMIOLOGY OF C HILDHOOD AND A DOLESCENTS C ANCEROnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
The global occurrence of childhood cancer is higher than previously estimated, and incidence rates tend to increase over the years. Childhood cancer is a main cause of global disease burden, particularly in resource-limited settings. It is becoming a public health problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), due to the large numbers of children with cancer, high mortality rates and limited resources.
Egypt is a middle-income country, where 40% of the population is children under 18 years old (38.9 million in 2018). Age-standardized incidence rates of cancer in Egypt are 166.6 per 100 000 persons, and 5-year survival of childhood cancer was estimated to be 40% based on baseline assessment of pediatric oncology care in Egypt.
There is little evidence about the burden of childhood cancers in Egypt because of the scarcity of published literature based on real- data. Knowledge about the current disease burden of childhood cancers is crucial to prioritise cancer control plans and improve survival. Therefore, we aimed to describe the frequency of deaths among children diagnosed with cancer in the last 10 years, for that we enrolled data of 5oo children had cancer
This retrospective descriptive study conducted in the Pediatric Hematology /Oncology Unit, Children’s Hospital, Ain Shams University, in the period between (1st September 2011 to 30th September 2021) this study included children with solid and hematological malignancies, and less than 18 years diagnosed with cancer
We collected data from medical records regarding; Age, Gender, Residence, diagnosis, Date of diagnosis, Staging and metastasis status, Therapy given: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, as well as Death: Date of death &Cause of death and its time as early and Non early death
Disease status at time of death was assessed regarding early before Induction, Remission, Relapse, and Progression.
Our results showed: The median age of participants was 4.25 years old, males were 54.4% and females were 45.6%.