Childhood Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Epidemiology, Shanghai, Cancer, Adolescents, Children
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to describe the morbidity, mortality, disability and survival rate in Shanghai adolescents and children with cancer diagnosed since January 2002.
Detailed description
The investigators collected information of all the adolescents and children diagnosed cancer in Shanghai since January 2002, including their name, gender, the date of birth, the diagnosis date, disease diagnosis, residence address and the last follow-up time status (survival/death). The type of cancer included all malignant tumors such as Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Hodgkin Lymphoma, central nervous system tumors, Neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor and so on. Then the investigators would analyze the morbidity, mortality, disability and survival rate.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Shanghai Children's Medical Center
Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Prevention & Control
Children's Cancer Group, China
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
0 Years to 19 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 0-19 year-old children and adolescents. * Diagnosed cancer in Shanghai since January 2002.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who were lost of follow-up. * Patient's death wasn't caused by cancer or complications but by other accidents such as car accident, fell from a great height and so on.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Overall survival for the whole cohort | 5 years |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mortality for the whole cohort | 5 years |
Other
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Disability rate for the whole cohort | 5 years |
Countries
China
Contacts
Primary ContactYi-Jin Gao, MD
Backup ContactXing-Wei Wang, MD
Outcome results
None listed