Incidence of acute lymphocytic leukemia in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

Incidence of acute lymphocytic leukemia in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Objective Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a rare malignant neoplasm that develops from abnormal lymphoid stem cells. ALL incidence is highest among children and declines towards adolescence. There is limited data on the epidemiology of ALL, especially in Canada. This retrospective cohor...

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Main Authors: Rayven Snodgrass, Leonard T. Nguyen, Maggie Guo, Marcus Vaska, Christopher Naugler, Fariborz Rashid-Kolvear
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Childhood leukemia
Cancer epidemiology
Hematologic neoplasm
Canada
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3225-9

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