Monica Aggarwal, Brian Hutchison, Alan Katz, Sabrina T Wong, Emily Gard Marshall, Steve Slade
Assessing the impact of Canadian primary care research and researchers: Citation analysis
Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
background objectives leukemia characterized abnormal leukocyte production exhibits clonal origin somatic mutations globally ranked 15th cancer incidence 2020 higher prevalence developing countries mexico ninth frequent cancer regional registries vital understanding epidemiology study aims analyze prevalence agestandardized incidence rates leukemias tertiary care hospital mexican bajio region materials methods leukemia cases 20082018 analyzed 535 medical records included study prevalence distribution agespecific incidence rate different types subtypes leukemia determined according sex age groups results overall 6579 consisted lymphocytic leukemia 3364 myeloid leukemia 056 monocytic leukemia significant sexbased differences found agespecific patterns observed leukemia distribution age revealed significant associations lymphocytic leukemia dominated pediatric population particularly acute lymphocytic leukemia myeloid leukemia shifted towards adulthood agespecific incidence patterns showed first lymphocytic leukemia common leukemia pediatric ages second shift acute lymphocytic leukemia dominance pediatric ages myeloid leukemia incidence late adulthood emphasizing nuanced epidemiological dynamics conclusions acute leukemia cases occurred high prevalence study population high incidence pediatric adulthood populations especially acute lymphocytic leukemia showing 18 years 1538 agestandardized incidence rate pediatric group adult population agestandardized rate 5984 agespecific analysis found childhood group 59 years affected acute lymphocytic leukemia pediatric population adult population earlyadulthood group 1529 years affected age group contrast chronic myeloid leukemia affected adults pediatric populations chronic lymphocytic leukemia monocytic leukemia exclusive adults study underscores need tailored diagnostic treatment preventive strategies based age contributing valuable insights leukemia epidemiology bajio region