Time Trends in the Incidence of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia among Children 1976-2002: A Population-Based Nordic Study

• Published in: The Journal of pediatrics Vol. 151; no. 5; pp. 548 - 550
• Main Authors: Svendsen, Anne Louise, PhD, Feychting, Maria, PhD, Klæboe, Lars, PhD, Langmark, Frøydis, MD, Schüz, Joachim, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 2007; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Epidemiology; Female; Finland - epidemiology; General aspects; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Miscellaneous; Pediatrics; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - epidemiology; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Registries; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries - epidemiology; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; Finland; ALL; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CI; Confidence interval; Human; Pediatrics; Acute leukemia; Trend; Malignant hemopathy; Time; Lymphoid neoplasm; Epidemiology; Incidence; Lymphoproliferative syndrome; 2002; Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Child; Public health
• ISSN: 0022-3476; 1097-6833; 1097-6833
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.006

We studied the incidence of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden during 1976-2002, on the basis of data from national cancer registries. The incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia increased with the calendar period until 1983, and with the birth cohort until 1980, but incidence has been stable thereafter.