Abstract
This research is focused on the examination of child cancer cases in Zonguldak (Turkey) descriptively in epidemiological aspect thanks to GIS. Universe of the study is composed of 60 children between 0-19 years old, treated in Children Oncology Clinic of Health Application and Research Center in BEU. Whole universe was reached without selecting a sample in the study. Data were collected by using a form prepared by obtaining expert advice and they were applied to children and their parents at study dates. Results were expressed as percentages. Chi-Square test was used in intergroup comparisons, results were assessed within 95% confidence interval and p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Variables that were used in the study were assessed, recorded in prepared data collection form and distribution maps were produced. When disease diagnosis of the children participated in the study were evaluated, it was observed that 33.3% (n=20) were being treated for ALL, 13.3% (n=8) for Medullablastoma and 11.7% (n=7) for Hodgkin-nonHodgkin Lymphoma. It was detected that 31.7% (n=19) were in Ereğli, 31.7% (n=19) were in Central district and 18.3% (n=11) were in Çaycuma, when the places where children were living were evaluated. Statistically significant difference was found (p=0.016) comparing disease diagnosis with living place, and overall distribution map of the number of cancer cases was produced in this context. This is the first research subjecting the distribution of cancer cases for Zonguldak province.
Highlights
Childhood Cancers (CC) are found among all cancers at a ratio of 2%. 10% of deaths during whole childhood period below 15 years old are due to CC (Pizzo and Poplack, 2001). 8000 children get cancer diagnosis each year in the USA
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLI-B8, 2016 XXIII ISPRS Congress, 12–19 July 2016, Prague, Czech Republic of this study is to examine cancer cases observed in children living in Zonguldak epidemiologically with the help of GIS. 1.1 Geographical Information Systems and Their Use in Epidemiology
The study is conducted with 60 children between 1-19 years old who were diagnosed as cancer and treated in Children Oncology Clinic in Bulent Ecevit University between 15.03.2014-31.01.2016
Summary
Childhood Cancers (CC) are found among all cancers at a ratio of 2%. 10% of deaths during whole childhood period below 15 years old are due to CC (Pizzo and Poplack, 2001). 8000 children get cancer diagnosis each year in the USA. 10% of deaths during whole childhood period below 15 years old are due to CC (Pizzo and Poplack, 2001). 8000 children get cancer diagnosis each year in the USA. Even though deaths decreasing due to CC, number of cancer incidence increases in recent years. In a study performed in the USA, the incidence of a new cancer in a population including one million people each year was reported to be 129.77 children and occurrence is more often between 0-5 years old. For instance; ALL is seen more in China, Japan and USA, whereas it occurs less in Middle East and Africa. Lymphoma are more frequently seen in Africa, but it occurs less in Japan (Pizzo and Poplack, 2001)
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