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Patterns of leukemia among patients registered at Hadhramout national oncology center during 2002-2014
Other Title(s)
أنماط سرطان الدم بين المرضى المسجلين في المركز القومي للسرطان في حضرموت في الفترة من 2002–2014
Author
Source
Hadhramout University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
Issue
Vol. 13, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hadhramout University Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research
Publication Date
2016-06-30
Country of Publication
Yemen
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Leukemia is a group of malignant disorders of the hematopoietic tissues characteristically associated with increased number of primitive white cells in bone marrow and blood.
This study aims to determine the distribution and patterns of leukemia among patients registered at Hadhramout National Oncology Center (HNOC) during year 2002- 2014.
It is retrospective descriptive study, relied on data that was collected from medical records in HNOC.
All leukemia cases registered for treatment during the period from 2002 to 2014were included in this study .
The results showed that out of total 131 cases registered at the HNOC with leukemia, 74.05% cases were adults and 25.95% cases were children.
Males were affected more compared to females (61.1% vs.
38.9%).
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) were predominant among pediatric age group (91.1%) and adults (33.0%) patients respectively.
Al-Mukalla accounted for 47.3% of all cases followed by Alwadi (34.4%).This study concludes that, ALL and AML the most common type of leukemic.
Males were more affected than females and the highest recorded cases of leukemia were from Al-Mukalla-
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Nakhibi, Nailah Ahmad. 2016. Patterns of leukemia among patients registered at Hadhramout national oncology center during 2002-2014. Hadhramout University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences،Vol. 13, no. 1, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1013417
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Nakhibi, Nailah Ahmad. Patterns of leukemia among patients registered at Hadhramout national oncology center during 2002-2014. Hadhramout University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences Vol. 13, no. 1 (Jun. 2016), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1013417
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Nakhibi, Nailah Ahmad. Patterns of leukemia among patients registered at Hadhramout national oncology center during 2002-2014. Hadhramout University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences. 2016. Vol. 13, no. 1, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1013417
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 4
Record ID
BIM-1013417