Cancer incidence and mortality in children in the Mexican Social Security Institute (1996-2013)

• Main Authors: Arturo Fajardo-Gutiérrez (Author), Guadalupe González-Miranda (Author), Adriana Pachuca-Vázquez (Author), Aldo Allende-López (Author), Liria Mitzuko Fajardo-Yamamoto (Author), Mario Enrique Rendón-Macías (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary

Objective. To identify the cancer incidence and mortality in Mexican Social Security Institute beneficiary (MSSI-B) chil- dren during 1996-2013. Materials and methods. Both cancer cases (n=4 728) and deaths (n=2 378) were analyzed in MSSI-B children who were registered in five states of the Mexican Republic. The incidence and mortality trends and the incidences (rate x 1 000 000 children / year) of the type of cancer, age, sex, and place of residence were obtained. Results. For both indicators (incidence and mortality), there was a downward trend for the period of 1996-2001 and a stable trend for 2002-2013. This occurred in the over- all mortality and incidence trends of the Estado de México and Chiapas and in the leukemia and the acute lymphoid subgroups. The annual overall incidence was 128 cases per 1 000 000 children. Leukemia, lymphomas, and central nervous system tumors were the principal cancer groups. Conclusions. Cancer mortality for the period of 2002-2013 did not diminish. Interinstitutional and/or international research should be designed to improve the care of these children.

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