A retrospective study of Leukaemia among children In National Cancer Institute Misurata – Libya

Abstract

Introduction: Leukemia is a disease that affects the tissues that produce blood cells, resulting in abnormal blood cells. There are several types of leukemia, two of which are particularly common in children between the ages of one month and 16 years; Due to the lack of local studies on leukemia in children. The study aimed to determine the prevalence of leukemia among other types of cancer, the most common type in children at the National Cancer Institute, Misurata, and its relationship to age and gender.

Materials and methods: Data were collected retrospectively, from the records of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Misurata during the years (2018 - 2019), in the Department of Pediatric Oncology, and information was obtained on 145 male and female children whose ages ranged between (one day - 15 years). , were diagnosed with cancer, according to the International Classification of Diseases, Cancer Diagnosis and Incidence Monitoring; To estimate the distribution of leukemia incidence rates and its .

Results: The total number of cancer cases was 145 cases, of which 46 cases were leukemia (31.72%). The number of leukemia cases in 2018 was 22 cases out of 77 cases (28.57%), and in 2019 the number was 24 One out of 68 cases (35.29%), 41 out of 46 cases (89.13%) were diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), and 5 out of 46 cases (10.87%) were diagnosed with myeloid leukemia. Acute AML, the incidence rate in males is 25 cases (55,35%), higher than that in females, 21 cases (45.65%).