| Autor: |
Menon BS; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang, 50586 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. drmenon2003@hotmail.com, Juraida E, Ibrahim H, Mohamed M, Ho C, Khuzaiah R |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health [Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health] 2008 Jul; Vol. 39 (4), pp. 728-30. |
| Abstrakt: |
The aims of this study were to determine the types of cancers and hematological disorders in patients attending a pediatric hematology-oncology clinic. This was a prospective study at the Pediatric Institute, General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from June 2005-November 2006. During the 18-month study, 803 patients attended the clinic, 730 had oncological problems and 73 had hematological problems. The age range was from 2 months to 28 years (median 6 years). The patients were Malay (66%), Chinese (23%), Indian (10%) and other races (1%). Of the oncological patients, 51% had either leukemia (n=293) or lymphoma (n=77). The other most common diagnoses were retinoblastoma, followed by Wilm's tumor and germ cell tumors. Six patients (0.8%) developed a second malignant neoplasm. Of the hematological patients, 60% had platelet disorders, most commonly chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Twenty-four per cent had bone marrow failure and 16% had red cell disorders. |
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MEDLINE |
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