Incidence of childhood cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean

Coverage, patterns, and time trends

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ID14969097
AuthorsNeimar de Paula Silva (0000-0002-0105-8509, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, corresponding author), Murielle Colombet (International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France), Florencia Moreno (0000-0001-6181-5025, National Cancer Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Friederike Erdmann (0000-0002-9982-3300, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany), Anastasia Dolya (0000-0002-1487-3959, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France), Marion Piñeros (0000-0002-4249-7276, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France), Charles Stiller (0000-0002-3006-7869, NHS England), Charles A Stiller (NHS England, Leeds, United Kingdom), Eva Steliarova-Foucher (International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France), Eva Steliarova‐Foucher (0000-0001-5777-9199, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), the IICC-3 contributors the IICC-3 contributors, the IICC-contributors
Year2024
Volume48
Pages1
Publication date2024-02-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2024.11
PMID38410357
OpenAlexW4392156064
LanguageEN
References cited24

Objective. To provide a comprehensive overview of geographical patterns (2001–2010) and time trends (1993–2012) of cancer incidence in children aged 0–19 years in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and interpret the findings in the context of global patterns. Methods. Geographical variations in 2001–2010 and incidence trends over 1993–2012 in the population of LAC younger than 20 years were described using the database of the third volume of the International Incidence of Childhood Cancer study containing comparable data. Age-specific incidence per million person-years (ASR) was calculated for population subgroups and age-standardized (WSR) using the world standard population. Results. Overall, 36 744 unique cases were included in this study. In 2001–2010 the overall WSR in age 0–14 years was 132.6. The most frequent were leukemia (WSR 48.7), central nervous system neoplasms (WSR 23.0), and lymphoma (WSR 16.6). The overall ASR in age group 15–19 years was 152.3 with lymphoma ranking first (ASR 30.2). Incidence was higher in males than in females, and higher in South America than in Central America and the Caribbean. Compared with global data LAC incidence was lower overall, except for leukemia and lymphoma at age 0–14 years and the other and unspecified tumors at any age. Overall incidence at age 0–19 years increased by 1.0% per year (95% CI [0.6, 1.3]) over 1993–2012. The included registries covered 16% of population aged 0–14 years and 10% of population aged 15–19 years. Conclusions. The observed patterns provide a baseline to assess the status and evolution of childhood cancer occurrence in the region. Extended and sustained support of cancer registration is required to improve representativeness and timeliness of data for childhood cancer control in LAC

Cancer · Cancer registry · Context (archaeology · Geography · Incidence (geometry · Latin Americans · Population · Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · Demography · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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