Hepatoblastoma in the Nordic countries
| Autor: | Päivi M. Lähteenmäki, S. de Fine Licht, Joachim Schüz, Per Kogner, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Tore Stokland, Naja Hulvej Rod, Catarina Träger, Lisbeth Samsø Schmidt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Hepatoblastoma
Male Cancer Research Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Birth weight Population Scandinavian and Nordic Countries Intensive care medicine Humans Risk factor Child education education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence Liver Neoplasms Infant Newborn Infant Gestational age medicine.disease digestive system diseases Low birth weight Birth order Oncology Child Preschool Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cancer. 131:E555-E561 |
| ISSN: | 0020-7136 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ijc.27351 |
| Popis: | Little is known about the etiology of hepatoblastoma. Because of the young age at diagnosis, several studies have looked at various birth characteristics. The purpose of our study was to investigate the incidence of hepatoblastoma in the Nordic countries and the association between selected birth characteristics and hepatoblastoma. Data from national cancer registries and birth registries in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland 1985-2006 was used. Overall, 155 children with hepatoblastoma aged 0-14 years were included and individually matched to five controls drawn randomly from national population registries. The incidence rate of hepatoblastoma was 1.7 per million person-years with a predominance of boys (1.5:1). Incidence rate was highest before the age of 1 year (8.3 per million person-years). A higher risk of hepatoblastoma was found in children with birth weight |
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