Incidence and survival rates of hematological malignancies in Japanese children and adolescents (2006-2010): Based on registry data from the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-88

  Horibe, Keizo ^a   Saito, Akiko M ^a   Takimoto, Tetsuya ^b   Tsuchida, Masahiro ^c   Manabe, Atsushi ^d   Shima, Midori ^e   Ohara, Akira ^f   Mizutani, Shuki ^g  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^d ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^g TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Hematological malignancies; Registry data; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; JAPANESE; LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOPOIESIS; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880292155     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: 18653774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-013-1364-2     Document Type: Article

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