Incidence of cancer in children residing in ten jurisdictions of the Mexican Republic: importance of the Cancer registry (a population-based study)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In 1996, Mexico started to register cases of childhood cancer. Here, we describe the incidence of cancer in children, residing in ten Mexican jurisdictions, who were treated by the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS).</p&g...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mejía-Arangure Juan, Ortega-Alvárez Manuel, Carreón-Cruz Rogelio, Palma-Padilla Virginia, González-Miranda Guadalupe, Juárez-Ocaña Servando, Fajardo-Gutiérrez Arturo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/68