PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jawass, Mazin A.
AU  - Al-Ezzi, Jalil I.
AU  - Gouth, Hanan S. Bin
AU  - Bahwal, Saleh A.
AU  - Bamatraf, Fawzia F.
AU  - Ba’amer, Abubakir A.
TI  - Pattern of malignancies in children <15 years of age reported in Hadhramout Cancer Registry, Yemen between 2002 and 2014
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2016.5.14954
DP  - 2016 May 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 513--520
VI  - 37
IP  - 5
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/37/5/513.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/37/5/513.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2016 May 01; 37
AB  - Objectives: To describe the patterns of childhood cancers in Hadhramout Sector, Yemen between January 2002 and December 2014.Methods: This descriptive retrospective study was based on secondary data from Hadhramout Cancer Registry, Hadhramout, Yemen. All Yemeni children under age of 15 years, who were diagnosed with cancer were included. The International Childhood Cancer Classification system was used to categorize cancer types.Results: A total of 406 childhood cancers of both gender <15 years of age were reported. These represented 8.5% of all cases registered. The mean age was 7.34 ± 4.18 years. There were 240 males (59.1%) and 166 females (40.9%) with a male to female ratio of 1.4:1. Calculated incidence of cancer in children in this population is 1.9 per 100,000. The predominant age group was 5-9 years (35%) followed by 10-14 years (33.7%), and 0-4 years group (31%). The most common group of malignancies were hematological malignancies accounting for 47% of cases, followed by nervous system malignancies (15%). The most frequently reported cancer types were lymphoma (24%), leukemia (23%), carcinoma (13.1%), and central nervous system (CNS) tumors (11.6%).Conclusions: There is a lower frequency of childhood cancer in Hadhramout Sector when compared with developed countries. The most common cancers among children were lymphoma, leukemia, carcinoma, and CNS tumors.