Background: Environment of Basrah is seriously contaminated with chemical leukomogens as a result of recent military conflicts. Many studies in the past few years have reported an increase in the incidence of leukemia in Basrah. This study was designed to study the risk and pattern of childhood leukemia in Basrah, Iraq, from 2003 to 2007.Materials and Methods: This hospital-based cancer registr...

background: environment of basrah is seriously contaminated with chemical leukomogens as a result of recent military conflicts. many studies in the past few years have reported an increase in the incidence of leukemia in basrah. this study was designed to study the risk and pattern of childhood leukemia in basrah, iraq, from 2003 to 2007.materials and methods: this hospital-based cancer registr...

Background: Leukemia is the most common cancer in children. We aimed to evaluate the association between exposure to magnetic fields and childhood leukemia. Materials and Methods: In this overview,the relevant articles evaluating the association between exposure to magnetic fields...

Abstract Background Leukemia is the most prevalent childhood cancer, and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) constitutes 75% of all cases. Some epidemiological studies have shown a relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and some childhood cancers. In the present study, an attempt was made to assess socioeconomical status in a case-control study. Materials and Methods In 2010, a c...

background: the induction chemotherapy regimen for acute myeloid leukemia has evolved as once induction is completed patients progress through the consolidation phase and achieve remission in 76% of cases. for patients with relapsed or refractory disease, alternative chemotherapy agents are available. monoclonal antibody therapy with biological agents, such as the immunotoxin gemtuzumab ozogami...

abstractintroduction: the role of breast-feeding in protection against childhood acute leukemia is uncertain. in this study, we tested the hypothesis that breast-feeding decreases the risk of 300 patients we investigated childhood acute leukemia. materials and methods: in a case control study, we inrestigated 300 patients, aged 2±13 years, with acute leukemia, as well as 300 controls, individua...

Abstract Introduction Connection of socioeconomic status measures (such as income and education and parental addiction) to childhood leukemia are likely to vary with place and time. The aim of this study was to assess the relation between socioeconomic status and childhood leukemia. Materials and Methods a case- control study conducted on 86 case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia age 0-14 yea...

abstract introduction connection of socioeconomic status measures (such as income and education and parental addiction) to childhood leukemia are likely to vary with place and time. the aim of this study was to assess the relation between socioeconomic status and childhood leukemia. materials and methods a case- control study conducted on 86 case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia age 0-14 years i...

acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) is the most common form of childhood cancer representing 80-85% of all leukemia. we describe a 3 years old girl with pain, swelling and tenderness in extremities since 8 months prior to her present admission. x-ray of extremities revealed callus formation, osteopenia and site of healed fractures. bone marrow aspiration revealed all-l2 with normal peripheral sm...

introduction: despite achievements in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) in children, its burden on the psychosocial status of patients is not well defined yet. this study aims to determine the impact of childhood all on emotional and behavioral pattern of the patients compared to healthy peers as assessed by the child behavior checklist (cbcl). methods: we studied 100 children with al...