Incidence of childhood cancer in Thailand 1988-1991

• Main Authors: Sriamporn S., Vatanasapt V., Martin N., Sriplung H., Chindavijak K., Sontipong S., Parkin DM., Ferlay J.
• Format: Comparative Study
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3462
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Incidence rates of cancers of childhood in Thailand are presented for the first time, and compared with results from cancer registries in Asia, Europe and the USA. As elsewhere in the world, leukaemia (principally acute lymphocytic), brain tumours and lymphomas comprise two-thirds of all childhood n...