Bashar Md Abu, Thakur J S
Department of Community Medicine, School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol. 2017 Apr-Jun;38(2):240-241. doi: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_163_16.
Childhood cancers have different characteristics than those occurring among adults and described as cancers occurring below 15 years of age. In developed countries, its incidence is relatively rare but it's a leading cause of death. More than 80% of the childhood cancers are occurring in low and middle income countries. Based on data from population based cancer registries under National Cancer Registry Programme, in this commentary, we described the incidence and pattern of Childhood cancers in India and its implications.
儿童癌症具有与成人癌症不同的特征，被定义为15岁以下儿童所患的癌症。在发达国家，其发病率相对较低，但却是主要的死亡原因之一。超过80%的儿童癌症发生在低收入和中等收入国家。基于国家癌症登记计划下基于人群的癌症登记数据，在本评论中，我们描述了印度儿童癌症的发病率、模式及其影响。
