%0 Journal Article
%T Clinical and epidemiological analysis of the presentation and diagnosis of pediatric cancer in Cochabamba, multiinstitutional study in the Pediatric Hospitals: HNMAV and CPAP (An¨¢lisis cl¨ªnico-epidemiol¨®gico de la presentaci¨®n y diagn¨®stico del c¨¢ncer pedi¨¢trico en Cochabamba, estudio multi-institucional en los Hospitales Pedi¨¢tricos: HNMAV y CPAP)
%A Carpio-Deheza Gonzalo
%A Lafuente-Riverola V¨ªctor Hugo
%A Salas-Mendoza Beatriz Tatiana
%J Revista M¨¦dico-Cient¨ªfica ¡°Luz y Vida¡±
%D 2011
%I Fraternidad Acad¨¦mica Cient¨ªfica Social M¨¦dica "Luz y Vida
%X Background: Childhood cancer is one of the leading causes ofdeath by disease as from the first year of life. Each year new casesof childhood cancer are reported in children between 0 to 15 yearsold. The Signs and symptoms that precede cancer are common toother diseases. This leads to their sub-diagnosis. Therefore the diagnosis is made accidentally and often in advanced stages even withmetastatic disease.Objective: It is to determine the incidence of pediatric cancer inCochabamba, and to identify the time that takes the inpatient diagnosis of pediatric neoplasm, presented at: Hospital del Ni o Manuel Ascencio Villarroel (HNMAV) and Centro Pediatrico Albina Pati o(CPAP) during 2005 to 2010.Methods: It is a descriptive, retrospective, and cross-sectional research.The sample studied was limited to patients admitted during2005-2010 in HNMAV and CPAP, with the diagnosis of pediatriccancer.Results: According to sex, it was found further in men (56%) andthe most common age of diagnosis was 2 to 5 years old whichrepresents the 38,67%. Among the most frequent type of cancerwere found: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (62%), Retinoblastoma(8,49%) and Hodgkin lymphoma (4,71%).Conclusion: In the population studied, the Pediatric Cancer incidenceis 0,44% the results for elapsed time until the inpatient diagnosisof pediatric neoplasm were: there was a significant variance inthe comparison between the two principal hospitals in Cochabamba:Public (HNMAV) versus Private (CPAP), being (CPAP) whichgave more precocity in this diagnosis. -RESUMEN: Introducci¨®n: El c¨¢ncer infantil es una de las primeras causas de muerte por enfermedad a partir del primer a o de vida. Cada a o se registran en nuestro pa¨ªs nuevos casos de c¨¢ncer pedi¨¢trico en ni os entre 0-15 a os. Los signos y s¨ªntomas que preceden al c¨¢ncer son comunes con otras enfermedades, lo que conlleva a su sub-diagn¨®stico, siendo as¨ª que su diagn¨®stico se hace de forma accidentaly con frecuencia en fases avanzadas, e incluso metast¨¢sicas de laenfermedad.Objetivo: Determinar cu¨¢l es la incidencia del c¨¢ncer pedi¨¢tricoen Cochabamba, e Identificar el tiempo transcurrido para la realizaci¨®n del Diagn¨®stico intrahospitalario de las Neoplasias pedi¨¢tricas, presentadas en: Hospital del Ni o Manuel Ascencio Villarroel (HNMAV) y Centro Pedi¨¢trico Albina Pati o (CPAP), durante el periodo de 2005-2010.Material y M¨¦todos: Es una investigaci¨®n, descriptiva, retrospectiva,transversal donde la muestra estudiada se limito a pacientesinternados durante el periodo 2005-2010 en el HNMAV y CPAP,con el diagn¨®stico de c¨¢ncer pedi¨¢trico.Resulta
%K Pediatric cancer
%K Presentation and Diagnosis
%K Cochabamba.
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