Cancers in children in the Auvergne area: retrospective study from 1986 to 1991

• Published in: Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Société française de pédiatrie 1995-07, Vol.2 (7), p.622-627
• Main Authors: Gembara, P, Dechelotte, P, Chauvin, F, Malpuech, G, Chazal, J, Carla, H, Chopard, P, Foulon, E, Goddon, R, Goumy, P
• Format: Article
• Language: fre
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; France - epidemiology; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Regional Medical Programs; Registries; Retrospective Studies
• ISSN: 0929-693X

The specificity of childhood cancers led to the creation of regional childhood cancer registries. An epidemiological study of childhood cancers in the Auvergne area was carried out over a 6 year-period (1986-1991) in order to create a registry. The population of our study was 252,820 children (0-15 years old), living in the Auvergne region. All malignant neoplasms were included together with brain tumours (whatever grading). Data were collected from medical and administrative sources. The data of 153 cases were collected during this period. World age standardized overall incidence rate was 120.5 cases/milion/year. Age standardized incidence rates were: leukemias 37.6 (ALL 28.01), central nervous system tumours 18.34 (medulloblastomas 4.6, astrocytomas 4.6, ependymomas 3.8), lymphomas 10.0, neuroblastomas 18.6, soft tissue tumors 8.3, bone tumours 6.1 (Ewing's sarcomas 4.1, osteosarcomas 2.0), nephroblastomas 5.5, retinoblastomas 3.1, liver tumours 0.5 and others 0.5. Our data base in the Auvergne area might be a source of information for epidemiological studies on the role of etiological factors, the survival, the sequelae and the incidence trends.