title: Descriptive epidemiology of de novo acute leukaemia in the Sultanate of Oman.
abstract: A hospital-based epidemiological study of de novo acute leukaemia was carried out in the Sultanate of Oman, a sparsely populated Arabian Gulf country which has undergone rapid and dramatic socio-economic changes recently. A total of 65/99 Omanis (66%) were diagnosed as acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and 34/99 (34%) as acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Trends and peak values in age-specific incidence rates for ALL are generally in line with those of Western countries. The proportion of T-ALL cases is however higher than that in Caucasian populations but lower than in many non-white populations. AML frequency particularly in childhood is similar to that observed in many African countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, PO Box 35, 123, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Knox-Macaulay
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D018912:Arabs; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009850:Oman / Q000453:epidemiology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D017678:Sex Distribution