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The role of malnutrition at diagnosis as a predictor of early mortality in Mexican leukemia children remains controversial. The objective of present study was to investigate whether malnutrition was a predictor of early mortality during the first year of treatment in Mexican acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) children through the first population-based study. A total of 794 newly diagnosed ALL pediatric patients from public hospitals of Mexico City were enrolled. A multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression model was constructed and adjusted by patient's age at diagnosis, gender, hospital of treatment, and socioeconomic status. Early mortality was high (12.1%) and malnutrition by different indicators was not associated with mortality at induction phase and at 6th month; a high risk of dying (RR = 2.08; 95% CI: 1.08-4.01) was observed in the group of malnourished children with a high-risk ALL.
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/mortality , Adolescent , Age Factors , Body Weights and Measures , Child , Child, Preschool , Comorbidity , Developing Countries , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Malnutrition/diagnosis , Malnutrition/epidemiology , Mexico/epidemiology , Population Surveillance , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/epidemiology , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/therapy , Prevalence , Proportional Hazards Models , Remission Induction , Socioeconomic FactorsABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Acute myeloid leukemias represent the second most common childhood leukemia subtype. In Mexico, there are few studies on descriptive epidemiology for this disease. AIMS: To report acute myeloid leukemia incidence for children less than 15 years of age in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico for a period of five years (2010-2014) and to analyze whether there are differences in the incidence of acute myeloid leukemia by regions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A descriptive study was conducted in nine public hospitals in Mexico City. The crude annual average incidence rate and adjusted average annual incidence rate were calculated. RESULTS: A total of 190 patients with diagnosis of de novo acute myeloid leukemia were analyzed. Male sex (57.2%) and acute myeloid leukemia-M3 subtype (25.3%) were more frequent. The adjusted average annual incidence rates for Mexico City and for the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico were 8.18 and 7.74 per million children under 15 years old, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: It seems that childhood acute myeloid leukemia incidence is increasing in Mexico City, which makes the identification of associated risk factors imperative.
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Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/epidemiology , Adolescent , Child , Cities/epidemiology , Humans , Incidence , Infant , Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/etiology , Male , Mexico/epidemiology , Risk Factors , Sex DistributionABSTRACT
Mexico has one of the highest incidences of childhood leukemia worldwide and significantly higher mortality rates for this disease compared with other countries. One possible cause is the high prevalence of gene rearrangements associated with the etiology or with a poor prognosis of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The aims of this multicenter study were to determine the prevalence of the four most common gene rearrangements [ETV6-RUNX1, TCF3-PBX1, BCR-ABL1, and MLL rearrangements] and to explore their relationship with mortality rates during the first year of treatment in ALL children from Mexico City. Patients were recruited from eight public hospitals during 2010-2012. A total of 282 bone marrow samples were obtained at each child's diagnosis for screening by conventional and multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to determine the gene rearrangements. Gene rearrangements were detected in 50 (17.7%) patients. ETV6-RUNX1 was detected in 21 (7.4%) patients, TCF3-PBX1 in 20 (7.1%) patients, BCR-ABL1 in 5 (1.8%) patients, and MLL rearrangements in 4 (1.4%) patients. The earliest deaths occurred at months 1, 2, and 3 after diagnosis in patients with MLL, ETV6-RUNX1, and BCR-ABL1 gene rearrangements, respectively. Gene rearrangements could be related to the aggressiveness of leukemia observed in Mexican children.
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Gene Rearrangement , Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/diagnosis , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/genetics , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/mortality , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Disease-Free Survival , HL-60 Cells , Humans , Mexico/epidemiology , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/therapy , Prevalence , Survival RateABSTRACT
Introducción. La leucemia linfoblástica aguda es la neoplasia maligna más frecuente en la infancia. En la actualidad, el impacto de la quimioterapia ha resultado en una mayor supervivencia, aunque los resultados son diferentes entre los países. Metodología. Se revisó la literatura médica disponible en Medline sobre el informe de supervivencia global y supervivencia libre de enfermedad en niños con leucemia linfoblástica aguda, desde finales de los años setenta hasta el 2007. Se analizó la supervivencia de acuerdo con el desarrollo económico del país (países desarrollados y en vías de desarrollo), y por edad, sexo, tipo celular y cuenta leucocitaria al diagnóstico. Resultados. En países desarrollados se ha observado un incremento en la supervivencia global a cinco años, de 60% en 1984 a 83.5% en el 2007, y en la supervivencia libre de enfermedad, de 48.5% a 83.5%. En los países en desarrollo, hasta el 2006, el promedio de supervivencia global y libre de enfermedad continuaba en, aproximadamente, 60%. La supervivencia con respecto a la edad es más favorable en los niños de 1 a 9 años (>80%) que en los mayores de 10 años (70-80%). Con respecto al sexo es 5% mayor en las mujeres que en los varones; con respecto al tipo celular es 10% mayor en leucemias de células B que en células T y, de acuerdo con la cifra de leucocitos, cuando la cifra resulta <10,000 mm³ al diagnóstico es 20% mayor que cuando los valores son >10,000 mm³. Existe escasa información para los países en desarrollo. Conclusiones. La supervivencia de los pacientes con leucemia linfoblástica aguda sigue en aumento, sobre todo la supervivencia libre de enfermedad. Los factores pronóstico de edad, sexo, tipo celular y celularidad continúan siendo válidos. Es necesario realizar más estudios en países en vías de desarrollo.
Background. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy in childhood. The impact of chemotherapy has resulted in improved survival, although results have not been the same for all countries. Methods. We reviewed the available medical literature in Medline on reports of overall and disease-free survival in children with ALL from the late 1970s to 2007. Survival was analyzed according to economic development (developed and developing countries) and according to age, sex, cell type and leukocyte count at diagnosis. Results. In developed countries there has been an increase in overall 5-year survival from 60% in 1984 to 83.5% in 2007 and for disease-free survival from 48.5% to 83.5%. This was not registered in developing countries where until 2006 the average overall survival and disease-free survival was ~60%. At diagnosis, prognostic factors related with higher survival rates are age (1 to 9 years), sex (females), type of leukemia (B-cell leukemia) and leukocyte count <10,000 mm³. Information regarding survival rates is very scarce. Conclusions. Survival of children with ALL is increasing, particularly disease-free survival rates. Prognostic factors related to survival are age, sex, cell type and leukocyte count. Further studies are needed in developing countries.
