1. [Descriptive epidemiology of children with acute myeloid leukemia residing in Mexico City: a report from the Mexican Inter-Institutional Group for Identifying Childhood Leukemia Causes].
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Mejía-Aranguré JM, Núñez-Enríquez JC, Fajardo-Gutiérrez A, Rodríguez-Zepeda MD, Martín-Trejo JA, Duarte-Rodríguez DA, Medina-Sansón A, Flores-Lujano J, Jiménez-Hernández E, Núñez-Villegas NN, Pérez-Saldívar ML, Paredes-Aguilera R, Cárdenas-Cardós R, Flores-Chapa JD, Reyes-Zepeda NC, Flores-Villegas LV, Amador-Sánchez R, Torres-Nava JR, Bolea-Murga V, Espinosa-Elizondo RM, Peñaloza-González JG, Velázquez-Aviña MM, González-Bonilla C, Békker-Méndez VC, Jiménez-Morales S, Martínez-Morales GB, Vargas HR, and Rangel-López A
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- Adolescent, Child, Cities epidemiology, Humans, Incidence, Infant, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute etiology, Male, Mexico epidemiology, Risk Factors, Sex Distribution, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute epidemiology
- Abstract
Introduction: Acute myeloid leukemias represent the second most common childhood leukemia subtype. In Mexico, there are few studies on descriptive epidemiology for this disease., Aims: To report acute myeloid leukemia incidence for children less than 15 years of age in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico for a period of five years (2010-2014) and to analyze whether there are differences in the incidence of acute myeloid leukemia by regions., Material and Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in nine public hospitals in Mexico City. The crude annual average incidence rate and adjusted average annual incidence rate were calculated., Results: A total of 190 patients with diagnosis of de novo acute myeloid leukemia were analyzed. Male sex (57.2%) and acute myeloid leukemia-M3 subtype (25.3%) were more frequent. The adjusted average annual incidence rates for Mexico City and for the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico were 8.18 and 7.74 per million children under 15 years old, respectively., Conclusions: It seems that childhood acute myeloid leukemia incidence is increasing in Mexico City, which makes the identification of associated risk factors imperative.
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- 2016