Demographic and Clinical Profile of Cases of Hematological Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Araújo, Lucele Gonçalves Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Vandilson Pinheiro, Silva, Melaine Mont’Alverne Lawall, Azevedo, Gabrielle Cristinne Alves, Monteiro, Pablo de Matos, Ferreira, João Marcelo Saraiva, Sousa, Huderson Macedo de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/2356
• topic: neoplasias hematológicas; demografia; mortalidade; criança; adolescente; hematologic neoplasms; demography; mortality; child; adolescent; neoplasias hematológicas; demografía; mortalidad; niño; adolescente

Introduction: Hematological cancers are important causes of death in childhood and adolescence. Objective: To design the demographic and clinical profile of cases of hematological cancer reported for children and adolescents in a referral hospital in the city of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. Method: A retrospective observational study with secondary data collected from medical records of bone marrow tumor cases in patients aged up to 19 years registered in a public referral hospital for cancer treatment from 2005 to 2015. Patient’s profile was collected in addition to follow-up data. The chi-square and Fisher’s exact test were used in the statistical analysis. The significance level was 5% (p<0.05). Results: Cases of death were higher in patients diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Most patients with lymphoid leukemia were males aged up to 5 years, and the frequency of death in patients with lymphoid leukemia was lower in confirmed cases of type B lymphoblastic precursor cell leukemia when compared to the other categories. Conclusion: The findings suggest that most patients aged up to 19 years diagnosed with lymphoid leukemia were males and aged up to 5 years old.