Incidence, clinical distribution, and patient characteristics of childhood cancer in Saudi Arabia: A population-based analysis.

Asim F BelgaumiGhulam Q PathanKhawar SiddiquiAfshan A AliIbrahim Al-FawazSuleimman Al-SweedanMouhab AyasAmani A Al-Kofide

Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2019)

We have reported differences in the cancer ASR and cancer subtype distribution for children in SA as compared with the worldwide incidence and with other populations. This paper provides a comprehensive epidemiological overview of childhood cancer in SA, which could be extrapolated to other regional Arab populations.

Keyphrases

childhood cancer
young adults
risk factors
papillary thyroid
squamous cell
case report
squamous cell carcinoma
genetic diversity
data analysis