title: Leukemia in children and youths of the Azuay province, Ecuador: 2000-2010.
abstract: We mapped leukemia risk among children and youths in the Azuay province, Rio Paute river basin, Ecuador, in 2000-2010, using a Bayesian disease mapping model. We assessed the comprehensiveness of the list of leukemia cases from the Sociedad de Lucha contra el Càncer en el Ecuador (SOLCA) Hospital in Cuenca, the only referral center for oncology in the whole Rio Paute area, by comparison to the Quito cancer registry. Risk of leukemia did not vary significantly by canton within the Azuay province. However, a moderate increase in risk of borderline statistical significance was observed in the city of Cuenca and particularly among males in a heavily industrialized parish, who had an almost eight-fold excess (95% CI 3.03, 20.39, p = 0.01) of AML. Analytical studies are warranted to properly address specific etiological factor of leukemia among children and youths of the Azuay province of Ecuador.
authors: Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SS 554, km 4.500, Monserrato 09042, Italy.
authors: Mariagrazia
authors: M
authors: Zucca
authors: Jorge
authors: J
authors: Ugalde
authors: Francisco Salgado
authors: FS
authors: Arteaga
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Biggio
authors: Valeria
authors: V
authors: Flore
authors: Tinucia
authors: T
authors: Nonne
authors: Giannina
authors: G
authors: Satta
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Blangiardo
authors: Pierluigi
authors: P
authors: Cocco
authors: Maria Grazia
authors: MG
authors: Ennas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004484:Ecuador / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult