Childhood leukemia incidence in California: High and rising in the Hispanic population

Giddings BM, Whitehead TP, Metayer C, Miller MD. Childhood leukemia incidence in California: High and rising in the Hispanic population. Cancer. 2016 Sep 15;122(18):2867-75. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30129. Epub 2016 Jun 28. PMID: 27351365; PMCID: PMC5542672. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5542672/#:~:text=ALL%20increased%20among%20Hispanic%20males,differ%20among%20racial%2Fethnic%20groups.  

High rates of childhood leukemia incidence have been reported in Latin America and among Hispanic children in the United States. California’s large Hispanic population affords an important opportunity to perform a detailed analysis of the leukemia burden among Hispanic children.