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Pediatric Cancer Burden in Different Regions of India: Analysis of Published Data From 33 Population-Based Cancer Registries

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Abstract

Objective

To provide the regional pediatric cancer (age-group 0–14 years) burden and pattern in India utilizing published data of population-based cancer registries established under the National Cancer Registry Programme and Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai.

Methods

Based on the geographic locations, the population-based cancer registries were categorized into six regions. The age-specific incidence rate was calculated using the number of pediatric cancer cases and population in the respective age-group. Age-standardized incidence rate per million and 95% CI were calculated.

Results

In India, 2% of all cases were pediatric cancer. The age-standardized incidence rate (95% CI) for boys and girls is 95.1 (94.3–95.9) and 65.5 (64.8–66.2) per million population, respectively. Registries from northern India reported the highest rate; while the lowest rate was in northeastern India.

Conclusion

There is a need to establish pediatric cancer registries in different regions of India to know the accurate pediatric cancer burden.

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  1. Centre for Cancer Epidemiology (CCE), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Atul Madhukar Budukh & Sonali Bagal

  2. Department of Community Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

    Jarnail Singh Thakur

  3. Department of Preventive Oncology, Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre (MPMMCC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Divya Khanna

  4. Department of Pathology, Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (HBCH), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Sangrur, Punjab, India

    Sankalp Sancheti

  5. Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Shripad Banavali

  6. Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Atul Madhukar Budukh & Shripad Banavali

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AB: conceptualization, methodology, writing - original draft, supervision; SB: Data analysis, writing - review and editing; JST, DK, SS, SB: writing - review and editing. All the authors contributed to the final revision and approval of the manuscript.

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Budukh, A.M., Bagal, S., Thakur, J.S. et al. Pediatric Cancer Burden in Different Regions of India: Analysis of Published Data From 33 Population-Based Cancer Registries. Indian Pediatr 60, 541–545 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-023-2931-0

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