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Children in Basra,
Southern Iraq
* Dr. Alim Yacoup ; Dr. Imad Al-Sa’ doun ; Dr. Genan G. hassan, College of Medicine, Basrah University Information on the incidence of malignancies among children below 15
years of age in Basrah, southern Iraq
was updated to include 1999 in addition to the already
reported for the period 1990-1998. There has
been a
100 % rise in the incidence of various forms of
leukemia
among children in
1999 compared to 1990 while the
reported percentage increase 1997 compared to 1990
for the same forms was 60 %. The corresponding rise
for all malignancies among such children in 1999
compared
to 1990 was 242 % while the percentage increase in
1997
compared to 1990 was 120 %. The overall incidence
rate of
all malignancies was
10.1 per 100, 000 of children below 15
years of age
compared to 3.98 in 1990 and 7.22 in
1997.
During the period from 1993 to 1998 the average annual
incidence rate of malignancies among children ranged
from 3.1 per 100,000 in Shatt Al-Arab district to
11.8 per
100, 000 in Al-Hartha. In 1999 the reported rates
ranged
from 5.3 in
Abu-Al-khassib to 13.2 in Al-Zubier district
with noticeable increase in such rates in all districts in
Basra including Basra center, Qurna, Mudaina and
shatt-Al-Arab. The findings reported in 1999
provided
further epidemiological evidence that the increased
incidence of
malignancies among children in Basrah
is related to
exposure to depleted uranium used by the
western allies during their aggression on Iraq in 1991.
* Epidemiological Trend of Cancer in South of Iraq, for the
Period 1976-1999
Dr. Ahmad Hardan ; Dr. Abdul-Hafidh Al-KhAzraji, Ministry
of Health.
The Epidemiology of cancer has been changed
in
incidence, prevalence, geographical distribution,
and
population at risk
and trend.
This is an analytic epidemiological study for the incidence of cancer, in
the south of Iraq for the period 1976-1999.
Another part of the study is retrospective, A systematic
random sample of cases were selected with a similar
number of control groups. History of exposure to
the war
environmental was assessed among cases and
controls: medical records, medical history, physical
examination and medical investigations were
studied.
The incidence of cancer in five-year intervals for 24 years was studied. The
most common types of cancer, by site
and histopathological findings, the age group with higher
risk were studied for each interval. The relative
risk was
assessed for the post war period compared with
the
pre-war period . statistical tests of significance were applied.
It is obvious that the epidemic curve of cancer showed a rise in their incidence in the post war period. The difference
from that in the pre-war period statistically significant. There
is a strong statistical association
between the incidence
and the exposure to war environment.
Southern governorates; namely Basra, Misan and Dhiqar show the highest relative
risk compared with other parts of Iraq. There
is a change in the
trend of cancer in Iraq in the post war period.
Leukemia becomes higher in the rank among common
cancers
among types of cancer among all age groups
and of the most
common cancers among the age group of less than 15
years.
Teratomas become a more common type of malignancy
than in
the pre-war period and to a less degree;
nephroblastomas,
Rhabdomyosarcoma and medullo blastoma. There is a
shift in
the age group of higher incidence of cancer to the
age group of
(45-55) years.
* Leukemia in Iraq
Dr. Muna Elhassani, Director of the Iraqi Cancer Registry. Among (124282) registered cancers in Iraq during the last 22 years for the
period (1976-1997), a total of (7094) cases
of leukemia has been
registered, (4293) Males & (2831)
Females. There was an alarming increase in the
relative
frequency of leukemia in both sexes especially in
the
southern province of
Iraq.
this comparative study reveals that, up to fourfold increase in the relative frequency of leukemia especially among
young
children for the five years period (1993-1997)
compare with the
year 1989. This may be related to the use of tons
of Radio-Active
Depleted Uranium used by the US forces in the Gulf
War.
Cancer isn’t contagious but it is moving from South to the North of the country as if it an infectious
disease.
Iraqi people are suffering from an epidemic of cancer following the 1991 Gulf War.Cancer Invasion of families in
Basra after
the mother of all battles an Evidence of Exposure
to
Environmental Pollution
* Dr. Jawad Khadhim Al-Ali,Sadam Teaching hospital (Basra) Introduction: Clustering of cancer is well known & documented specially in area surrounding nuclear reactors in
many countries.
The radiation levels in these areas is higher than
the normal & is
incriminated as a cause for increased incidence of
cancers
especially leukemia. In the south of Iraq (City of
Basra) more than
400-500 tons of depleted uranium (D.U.) was
delivered during the
mother of all battles which caused an increased
levels of radiation
in the atmospheric air, soil and waters in addition
to dangerous
radiation exposure to the population in Basra
during the times of
aggression.
Aim: the aim of this retrospective & prospective study of families affected by cancers after the mother of all battles
is to link
between the use of (D.U.) containing weapons by the
American
& British forces & and the increase
incidence of cancers among
families in the city of Basra.
Methods:45 patients from 17 families who were living in the city of Basra during the aggression are studied
retrospectively &
prospectively. They are affected by different types
of cancers
& living in different parts all over
Basra.
Results: from the analysis of this study we noticed that 5 families out of the 17 families showing
clustering of cancer
and & are resident in different parts of
Basra. The rest of
families show different types of cancers in the
same family.
The commonest cancers invading these families are:
breast
cancer 11 patients (24.4%) followed by lymphomas 7
patients
(15.5%) & acute leukemia 5 patients (10.6%)
& chronic leukemia
4 patients (8.5%) the other cancers constitute the
rest of patients
(20 patients with different types of
cancers).
Conclusion: these families were exposed to common risk factors including
cancers. These factors might be related to
the use of D.U. or chemical or biological
containing weapons by
the Americans &British forces against the Iraqi
armed forces as
well as against the civilians & as a result of
this environmental
contamination the incidence of cancer among
families in the city
of Basra is increased .
* Cancer Induction due to Environmental Contamination with DU in
Iraq
Dr. Bahaa A. Marouf, Radioecology Dept,
Office of Environmental
Research, Iraq Atomic Energy Commission
.
Radioecological studies
proved that the
depleted uranium (DU) ammunitions were
used extensively in the southern
part of Iraq against civilian
and military targets in 1991 by the US and UK armies had
resulted in an environmental contamination with DU.
Very
high concentrations of Th-234, Pa-234 and Ra-226
were
detected in soil sample obtained from Al-Basrah
governorate,
Dose assessment methods were employed to predict
radiation
doses to the population from the contamination with
thorium-234,
which is the1st decay product in the
uranium-238 series.
It appeared that the population could be exposed to
very high
radiation dose due to environmental contamination
with DU in
Iraq. The results of
our risk analysis had indicated that the
major somatic health
effect of this exposure would be induction
of cancer. Thus, we
expect an increase in the occurrence of
leukemia cases, due
to the short latency period of its appearance.
Solid cancer cases
would increase in the future according to their
latency period in a rate of 5 Solid cancers to each
case of leukemia.
* The Effect of D.U. & War Pollution on Iraqi New Generation Dr. Selma A. H. Al-Taha, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad In a study carried on the generic clinic pin Saddam medical Center,
the frequency of abnormal children in
a sample of
prewar referrals shows an incidence of 203
abnormals (presenting with abnormal features or
function
including malformations, chromosomal disorders, and
single gene diseases), out of 1038 for the years
beginning
1989-1990 inclusive with an incidence 19.55% while
the
post war sample have shown 568 abnormal cases out
of
1903 total patients number, for the years beginning
1992-1996 inclusive with an incidence of
29.83%.
Chromosomal numerical disturbances were the most prominent abnormality seen, while common syndromes
that are easily diagnosable including cases which
follow
autosomal dominant inheritance born for the first
time in
large families who used to be free of such
disorders in
their children and other generations have increased
in the
post war. With new mutation appearing for the first
time
also been found.
Abnormalities affecting the skeletal system
especially
shortening of the long bones or malformation of the
limbs
have shown an increase in such cases which have
resemblance to cases born to veterans in America
after
the Gulf War. Metabolic disorders that are
due to
enzymatic deficiencies also have show increase in
the
post war sample, while anencephally and
hydrocephally
have been increasing. Malformations affecting the
eyes
are also prominent among the increased
abnormalities
after the war like congenital cataract,
anophthalmia,
microophthalmia, absent unilateral eye ball, these
disorders have been also reported in children of
war
veterans in the state.
The skeletal abnormalities and the eye malformations both have shown clustering in certain instance In
some
places
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