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- Bar diagram representing the most frequently occurring cancers in our study with respect to the different age groups in the adolescents and young adults (AYAs). HL: Hodgkin lymphoma, NHL: non-Hodgkin lymphoma, CNS: central nervus system, CRC: colorectal cancer)
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- Table 1
- Over all distribution of 475 tumors in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) as per Birch classification.
Classification 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years Total Cancer Males Females Males Females Males Females Group 1 Leukaemias (AML+ALL+Others) 27 11 16 9 14 14 91 (19.1) Group 2 - Lymphomas 2.1 NHL 6 2 8 7 11 8 42 (8.8) 2.2 HL 17 17 17 15 15 12 93 (19.5) Group 3 - CNS tumors 4 1 8 1 8 4 26 (5.4) Group 4 - Bone tumors 12 7 6 2 3 2 32 (6.7) Group 5 - Soft tissue sarcomas 1 2 1 2 1 1 8 (1.6) Group 6 - Germ cell tumors 1 1 2 1 3 1 9 (1.9) Group 7 - Melanoma and skin carcinoma 1 1 3 1 4 3 13 (2.7) Group 8 - Carcinomas except skin 8.1 - Carcinoma of thyroid 2 6 4 17 4 27 60 (12.6) 8.2.1 - Nasopharyngeal carcinoma 3 2 3 2 2 1 13 (2.7) 8.3 - Carcinoma of lung 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 (1.9) 8.4 - Carcinoma of breast 0 1 0 6 1 27 35 (7.3) 8.5 - Carcinoma of genito-urinary tract 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 (0.6) 8.5.1 - Carcinoma of kidney 1 0 1 1 3 1 7 (1.5) 8.5.2 - Carcinoma of bladder - 2 - 2 - 5 9 (1.9) 8.5.3 - Carcinoma of ovary 8.6 - Carcinoma of gastrointestinal tract 8.6.1 - Carcinoma of colon and rectum 0 0 1 1 4 5 11 (2.3) 8.6.2 - Carcinoma of stomach 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 (1.5) 8.6.3 - Carcinoma of liver 0 1 1 0 4 1 7(1.5) CNS: central nervus system, AML: acute myeloid leukemia, ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Table 2
- Comparison of salient findings of cancers in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) in the present study with the previous published data in the English literature.
Authors and place of study Type of study Total number of cases Male (%) Female (%) Cancers in AYAs with total cases (%) Most common cancers in AYAs Haggar et al9 (2012)Australia Population based 12,238 - - - Melanoma Breast carcinoma Germ cell tumors Lymphoma Aben et al10 (2012)The Netherlands Population based 23,161 51 49 - Melanoma Germ cell tumor lymphoma Genitourinary tract carcinoma Moon et al11 (2014)Korea Hospital based 39,639 35.4 64.6 2.3 Thyroid carcinoma Lymphoma stomach carcinoma Breast carcinoma Kourie et al12 (2014)Lebanon Hospital based 205 49.5 50.5 2.9 Lymphoma CNS tumors Bone tumors Leukemia Balmant et al13 (2016)Brazil Population based - 51.5 48.5 - Lymphoma Leukemias Melanoma Bone tumors Sharma & Singh2 (2016)India Hospital based 496 64.7 35.3 5.7 Head and Neck carcinoma CNS tumors GIT carcinoma Bone tumors Inoue et al14 (2017)Japan Hospital based 86,494 35.1 64.9 3.1 Breast carcinoma Cervix and uterus carcinoma Thyroid carcinoma Colorectal carcinoma Scott et al8 (2020)United States Eskiseher, Turkey 4,97,452 40.9 59.1 - Breast carcinoma Lymphoma Thyroid carcinoma Melanoma Present Study (2021)Saudi Arabia Hospital based 475 48.8 51.2 5.4 Lymphoma Leukemias Thyroid carcinoma Breast carcinoma CNS: central nervus system, GIT: gastrointe stinal tract
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