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Chapter 8 - Cancer epidemiology and environmental factors in children, adolescents and young adults

from Section 2 - Cancer biology, epidemiology and treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2011

By
Karina Braga Ribeiro  and
Paolo Boffetta
Edited by
Jacques Donnez  and
S. Samuel Kim
Jacques Donnez
Affiliation:
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
S. Samuel Kim
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
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Childhood tumors are classified into 12 major diagnostic groups: leukemias, lymphomas, central nervous system (CNS) tumors, sympathetic nervous system tumors, retinoblastomas, renal tumors, liver tumors, bone tumors, soft tissue sarcomas, germ cell tumors, epithelial tumors and other and unspecified malignant cancers. Epidemiological studies have shown an association between exposure to medical radiation during pregnancy and risk of childhood cancer in offspring. The effects of maternal lifestyle during pregnancy on embryonic and fetal development are well known effects on the subsequent risk of cancer. Several features of maternal lifestyle during pregnancy have been studied regarding their association with childhood cancer, including diet, breastfeeding, smoking and alcohol consumption and the use of cosmetics. Parental illicit drugs use has been associated with several types of childhood cancer. Lymphoma, melanoma and testicular, cervical and thyroid cancers account for the vast majority of cancers in adolescents and young adults.

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Principles and Practice of Fertility Preservation , pp. 83 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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