Hospital-based epidemiologic survey of malignancies in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Thailand.
To determine the incidence and spectrum of malignancies in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children, we surveyed 48 hospitals in Thailand between 1996 and 2000. There were 23 children (14 boys and 9 girls; average age at diagnosis of malignancy, 4.2 years), and the incidence rate was 0.6 per 1000 person-years. The most common malignancy was lymphoma (87.0%). The prognosis was poor.
Pancharoen
Chitsanu
C
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand. chitsanu.p@chula.ac.th
Nuchprayoon
Issarang
I
Thisyakorn
Usa
U
Chokephaibulkit
Kulkanya
K
Veerakul
Gavivann
G
Punpanich
Warunee
W
Kanjanapongkul
Somjai
S
Mekmullica
Jutarat
J
Wongsawat
Jurai
J
Bowonkiratikachorn
Piyaporn
P
Hongsiriwon
Suchat
S
Thanarattanakorn
Pattra
P
Kosalaraksa
Pope
P
Wiangnon
Surapon
S
Saerejittima
Anucha
A
Kochavate
Somsri
S
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology