01178nam a22001337a 4500001001300000003000400013005001700017008004100034100003800075245013400113520072900247580005500976650001301031D0001J000268DOH20210322132311.0210322b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d1 aRubin-Larrazabal, Joan Eloise E. 00aPatterns of leukemia :ba five-year profile of leukemias in children at Cebu Doctors' Hospital /cJoan Eloise E. Rubin-Larrazabal3 aThis paper presents a profile of 73 cases of acute leukemia in children during a 5 year period. There were 59 cases (81%) diagnosed as acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), and 13 cases (18%) diagnosed as acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). One case (1%) was diagnosed as chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). The peak age incidence was between two to six years old and had a male predominance. In this study, 46% came from the Central Visayas presenting mostly with fever (68%), pallor (52%), lymphadenopathy (33%), and hepatosplenomegaly (30%). The frequency of infections were also reviewed with respiratory infections accounting for 59% of the 79 infectious episodes. Mortality rate was 19% with sepsis as the leading cause.  aCebu Doctors' Proceedings, 1994 10 (2) pages  9-16 2aLeukemia