Volume 24, Issue 102, March - April, 2020

Epidemiology of hematological malignancies in Hail region, Northern Saudi Arabia

Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed^1,2♦, Mohammed Saqer Alshammari¹, Hisham Hussain Alharbi¹, Abdulaziz Ayed Abed Alrashidi¹, Yasir Ghareeb Alrashdan¹, Fayez Saud Alreshidi¹

¹College of Medicine University of Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
²Department of Histopathology and Cytology, FMLS, University of Khartoum, Sudan

^♦Corresponding author
College of Medicine University of Hail 2440, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Email: hussaingad5@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: Hematological malignancies represent a group of cancers arising from blood and lymphatic tissues with substantial diversities in clinical and biological characteristics. To best of our knowledge, there is a paucity of data regarding these cancers from KSA. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to identify the epidemiologic patterns of leukemia and lymphoma in the Hail region, the northern kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Methodology: Data regarding 120 patients with leukemia or lymphoma were retrieved from the King Khalid Hospital in Hail. Data included all patients with a diagnosis of leukemia or lymphoma during the period from 2008 to 2016. Results: Out of the 120 patients 73/120(60.8%) were diagnosed with leukemia and 47/120(39.2%) were diagnosed with lymphomas. Of the 73 patients with leukemia, 43/73(58.9%) were males and 30/73(41.1%) were females. Of the 47 patients with leukemia, 27/47(57.4%) were males and 20/47(42.6%) were females. Conclusion: Leukemia was more predominant than lymphoma in Hail area and males were more susceptible than females for both cancer types.

Keywords: : leukemia, lymphoma, hematological malignancies, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2020, 24(102), 699-705

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