The epidemiology of leukemia in Kuwait

Al-Bahar, Soad; Pandita, Ramesh; Al-Muhannaha, Ali; Al-Bahar, Ebtisam

doi:10.1016/0145-2126(94)90027-2

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“…[26][27][28] CLL is a rare type of leukemia in Asia and Africa, including China, Saudi-Arabia and Jordan. [4][5][6][7]18,[29][30][31][32][33] In Japan, where CLL is rare, most clinical and laboratory features do not differ from those of Western countries, showing a similar incidence and pattern of cytogenetic aberrations and rearrangement of the bcl-2 and bcl-3 genes. 34 We do not have sufficient data on the exact incidence and epidemiology of CLL in the Mediterranean countries and Eastern Europe; however, an obvious predominance of the disease in the Jewish population has been mentioned occasionally.…”

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“…2,3 In Japan, Korea, Singapore, Kuwait and Mexico the disease is significantly less common. [4][5][6][7][8] The incidence of CLL remains low in US Asians and among Japanese who have immigrated to Hawaii which emphasizes racial and/or hereditary factors in the occurrence of this malignant disease. 9,10 CLL was reported to occur frequently in the Jewish population of Brooklyn, NY.…”

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Epidemiology and ethnic aspects of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Israel

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Epidemiology and ethnic aspects of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Israel

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“…Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common malignancy comprises around 25% of childhood malignancies [1]. Little is known about its clinical and laboratory profile in the Middle East apart from limited single institutional or national studies [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Additionally, there are few data concerning the types of protocols used in the Middle East, their remission induction rates and induction toxicities.…”

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Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the Middle East and neighboring countries: A prospective multi‐institutional international collaborative study (CALLME1) by the Middle East Childhood Cancer Alliance (MECCA)

Al-Mulla

Chandra

Khattab³

et al. 2014

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

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This first collaborative study has established a process for prospective data collection and future multinational collaborative research in the Middle East. Despite the limitations of an incomplete population-based study, it provides the first comprehensive baseline data on clinical characteristics, laboratory evaluation, induction outcome, and toxicity. Further work is planned to uncover possible biologic differences of ALL in the region and to improve diagnosis and management.

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“…A further modest rise in incidence took place in some Western countries until the late 1970s, particularly in early childhood 12 . Most recently of all, a marked peak in early childhood has appeared in Kuwait 13 . In Britain and elsewhere, incidence has been found to be higher in areas of higher socio-economic status 14 .…”

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Geographic and ethnic variations in the incidence of childhood cancer

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Parkin

1996

British Medical Bulletin

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The total incidence of childhood cancer varies rather little between different regions of the world, with cumulative risk to age 15 nearly always in the range 1.0-2.5 per thousand. Acute h/mphoblastic leukaemia, especially in early childhood, is most common in populations of high socio-economic status and is the most frequent childhood cancer in all industrialised countries. The risk of Burkitt's lymphoma is highest in tropical Africa and Papua New Guinea; it is strongly associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection and intense immune stimulation by malaria. Other rymphomas are also relatively common in developing countries. Non-heritable retinoblastoma has a higher incidence among less affluent populations, suggesting an association with poor living conditions and maybe an infectious aetiology. In contrast, the incidence of Wilms' tumour and Ewing's sarcoma varies largely on ethnic lines, indicating a strong role for genetic predisposition. Much of the variation in recorded incidence of brain tumours and neuroblastoma may be due to varying levels of case ascertainment. Recently the incidence of childhood Kaposi's sarcoma has risen substantially in parts of Africa severely affected by the AIDS epidemic. Geographic and ethnic variations in the incidence of childhood cancerCompared with the very large variations in cancer incidence among adults between different regions of the world, the total incidence of childhood cancer is relatively constant. The cumulative incidence to age 15 is nearly always in the range 1.0-2.5 per thousand and age-_ , . standardised annual incidence rates (ASR) calculated using the world

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The epidemiology of leukemia in Kuwait

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

Epidemiology and ethnic aspects of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Israel

Epidemiology and ethnic aspects of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Israel

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the Middle East and neighboring countries: A prospective multi‐institutional international collaborative study (CALLME1) by the Middle East Childhood Cancer Alliance (MECCA)

Geographic and ethnic variations in the incidence of childhood cancer

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