Article
Epidemiologic studies of childhood leukemia: where do we go from here?
Medical and pediatric oncology - 1 Jan 1999
Ross J A
Abstract excerpt
Much of our knowledge of the mechanisms of carcinogenesis has resulted from the study of rare cancers, including retinoblastoma, angiosarcoma, and vaginal clear cell carcinoma. Due to the heterogeneity of childhood leukemia, epidemiologic studies that focus on children with unique clinical and ge...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Disease Susceptibility
- Down Syndrome
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Leukemia, Myeloid
- Male