Leukemia Research
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 589-594, July 2000

Descriptive epidemiology of de novo acute leukaemia in the Sultanate of Oman

Department of Haematology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, PO Box 35, Muscat 123, Oman

Received 5 February 2000; accepted 12 February 2000.

Abstract 

A hospital-based epidemiological study of de novo acute leukaemia was carried out in the Sultanate of Oman, a sparsely populated Arabian Gulf country which has undergone rapid and dramatic socio-economic changes recently. A total of 65/99 Omanis (66%) were diagnosed as acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and 34/99 (34%) as acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Trends and peak values in age-specific incidence rates for ALL are generally in line with those of Western countries. The proportion of T-ALL cases is however higher than that in Caucasian populations but lower than in many non-white populations. AML frequency particularly in childhood is similar to that observed in many African countries.

Keywords:  Epidemiology, Acute leukaemia, Oman

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PII: S0145-2126(00)00032-1

Leukemia Research
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 589-594, July 2000

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