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Risk of cancer among children of cancer patients - a nationwide study in Finland.
International journal of cancer - 1 Mar 2010
Madanat-Harjuoja Laura-Maria S, Malila Nea, Lähteenmäki Päivi, Pukkala Eero, Mulvihill John J, Boice John D, Sankila Risto
Abstract excerpt
Cancer treatments have the potential to cause germline mutations that might increase the risk of cancer in the offspring of former cancer patients. This risk was evaluated in a population-based study of early onset cancer patients in Finland. Using the nationwide registry data, 26,331 children of pediatric and early onset cancer patients (diagnosed under age 35 between 1953 and 2004) were compared to 58,155...
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