Publications by authors named "S Juarez-Ocana"
The greatest number (n = 1462) of new cases of childhood cancer was registered in the state of Mexico. Approximately 70 % were leukemias (50.8%), lymphomas (9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Neuroblastoma (NB) is the principal tumor of the sympathetic nervous system in children.
Objective: to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Mexican children with NB.
Methods: A population-based, prolective study, with data obtained from the Childhood Cancer Registry of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
Background: Neuroblastoma (NB) is the principal tumor of the sympathetic nervous system in children under one year of age. The incidence in developed countries is greater than that in developing countries. The aim of this article is to present the epidemiological and some clinical characteristics of Mexican children with NB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: to present the frequency of different types of cancer in adolescents with 15 and 16-year-old treated at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) in Mexico City (MC) hospitals.
Methods: it was an observational and prolective study. During January 1 of 1996 to December 31 of 2005, were analyzed new cases of adolescents of 15 and 16-year-old with malignant neoplasms in adolescents at IMSS.
Objective: To determine the epidemiology of cancer among children from eleven Mexican states affiliated to Mexican Social Security Institute (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, IMSS).
Methods: 2663 Cases of children with cancer were prospectively registered between 1996 and 2002 in the main IMSS medical centers. The cases were classified according to the International Classification for Childhood Cancer.