International long‐term trends and recent patterns in the incidence of leukemias and lymphomas among children and adolescents ages 0–19 years

• Published in: International journal of cancer Vol. 138; no. 8; pp. 1862 - 1874
• Main Authors: Linet, Martha S., Brown, Linda M., Mbulaiteye, Sam M., Check, David, Ostroumova, Evgenia, Landgren, Annelie, Devesa, Susan S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15.04.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age Distribution; Cancer; Child; Child, Preschool; childhood; Epidemiology; Female; Global Health - statistics & numerical data; Global Health - trends; Hodgkin lymphoma; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Leukemia; Leukemia - epidemiology; lymphoid leukemia; Lymphoma; Lymphoma - epidemiology; Male; Medical research; myeloid leukemia; non‐Hodgkin lymphoma; Pediatrics; Registries; trends; Young Adult; myeloid leukemia; childhood; lymphoid leukemia; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; incidence; trends; Hodgkin lymphoma

To enhance understanding of etiology, we examined international population‐based cancer incidence data for lymphoid leukemia, non‐Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloid leukemia among children aged 0–19. Based on temporal trends during 1978–2007 in 24 populations, lymphoid leukemia and myelo...