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Screening for childhood malignancy.
JBR-BTR : organe de la Societe royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR) - 1 Jan 2000
Hoyoux C
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Screening for childhood primary malignancy is not a routine practicable issue, due to the rarity of the disease, the absence of specific indicators and the largely unknown causes of childhood cancer. Genetic predisposition may account for as much as 4% of childhood cancer; environmental factors are though to play a smaller role than in the aetiology of adult malignancy: gene-environment interactions could well be...
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