1Department of Biostatistics, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2Physiotherapy Research Center, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Biostatistics, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4Department of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
چکیده
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cause of cancer-related fatality among children. This study aimed to identify the significant prognostic factors for the incidence of pediatric ALL. This retrospective study, conducted from 2007 to 2016 in the Iranian city of Mashhad, enrolled 417 patients with ALL. The diagnosis was confirmed by Giemsa staining of bone marrow smears. The first recurrence was regarded as the event of interest and non-relapse mortality as the competing event through a three-parameter Gompertz model. The level of statistical significance for univariate and multivariate analyses was set at 0.2 and 0.05, respectively. The first recurrence occurred in 44 (10.6%) survivors. Disease-free survival and 5-year overall survival rates were 85.9% and 74%, correspondingly. The five-year incidence rate for the first recurrence was 11.5% in the presence of non-relapse mortality. Briefly, the characteristics of the Gompertz model conferred more effective prognostic factors. Age above 10 years (P=0.010), involvement of the central nervous system (P=0.050), a high white blood cell count (P=0.020), and tumor lysis syndrome (P=0.010) were the significant prognostic factors for the recurrence and mortality of ALL. Accordingly, careful monitoring in the administration of treatment protocols is suggested to reduce the risk of recurrence and death in these patients.
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