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Incidence of childhood cancer in Switzerland: The Swiss childhood cancer registry [PDF]

Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2007
AbstractBackgroundThis report describes the incidence of childhood cancer in Switzerland, based on the data from the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry (SCCR), a national hospital‐based cancer registry with very high coverage, founded in 1976 by the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG).ProcedureMalignancies were coded according to the International ...
Michel G, von der Weid NX, Zwahlen M, Redmond S, Strippoli MP, Kuehni CE   +5 more
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The mainz resilience assessment in childhood cancer (MRAcc): development of a novel age-specific patient-reported outcome measure to assess resilience in childhood cancer patients [PDF]

BMC Cancer
Background During intensive cancer treatment, children, adolescents and young adults are exposed to numerous toxicities and psychosocial stressors that can cause psychosocial distress and impair mental health.
Marie A. Neu, Franziska Ortmüller, Abigale L. Robinson, Elias Dreismickenbecker, Henrike Otto, Lena Wypyrsczyk, Mareike Kühn, Michèle Wessa, Oliver Tüscher, Joerg Faber, on behalf of the FORTEe Consortium   +10 more
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Cancer in Infancy and Childhood [PDF]

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 1964
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Childhood and adolescent cancer in Germany – an overview [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2023
Background: Childhood and adolescent cancer constitutes only a very small fraction of the cancer cases in Germany and throughout the world, but it is the most frequent cause of disease-related death in children.
Claudia Spix, Friederike Erdmann, Desiree Grabow, Cécile Ronckers   +3 more
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Bacteremia in Childhood Cancer [PDF]

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2002
Infection-related mortality affects the overall survival rates of children who are receiving treatment for cancer. The leading cause of mortality is bacteremia and sepsis related to it in febrile neutropenic patients. All positive blood cultures of febrile neutropenic patients treated in the Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Cerrahpasa ...
Celkan, T, Ozkan, A, Apak, H, Diren, S, Can, G, Yuksel, L, Yildiz, I   +6 more
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Pesticides and Childhood Cancers [PDF]

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1997
To evaluate the possible association between pesticides and the risk of childhood cancers, epidemiologic studies published between 1970 and 1996 were critically reviewed. Thirty-one studies investigated whether occupational or residential exposure to pesticides by either parents or children was related to increased risk of childhood cancer. In general,
J L, Daniels, A F, Olshan, D A, Savitz
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Employment, occupation, and income in adults with neurofibromatosis 1 in Denmark: a population- and register-based cohort study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2023
Background Little is known about employment status, occupation, and disposable income in adults with NF1. Methods From the Danish National Patient Registry and database of two national Centers for Rare Diseases, we identified 1469 adults with NF1, who ...
Line Kenborg, Line E. Frederiksen, Michael Galanakis, Karoline Doser, Thomas T. Nielsen, Mia Aagaard Doherty, Hanne Hove, John R. Østergaard, Mette M. Handrup, Cecilie Ejerskov, John J. Mulvihill, Jeanette F. Winther   +11 more
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Breastfeeding and childhood cancer [PDF]

British Journal of Cancer, 2001
The relationship between childhood cancer and having been breastfed in infancy was investigated in the UK Childhood Cancer Study (UKCCS), a national, population-based case-control study. Analyses included 3500 children with cancer (cases) of whom 1637 were diagnosed with leukaemia, 114 with Hodgkin's disease, 228 with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and 1521 ...
Cheng, K. K., Day, N. E., Cartwright, R., Craft, A., Birch, J. M., Eden, O. B., McKinney, P. A., Peto, J., Beral, V., Roman, E., Elwood, P., Alexander, F. E., Chilvers, C. E D, Doll, R., Taylor, C. M., Greaves, M., Goodhead, D., Fry, F. A., Adams, G., Gilman, E., Skinner, J., Williams, D., Deacon, J., Mott, M., Muir, K., Fear, N. T., Law, G., Simpson, J.   +27 more
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Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation squeezes in hope for childhood cancer: an interview with Liz and Jay Scott [PDF]

Disease Models & Mechanisms
Liz Scott, Jay Scott, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation   +2 more
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Targeting WEE1 kinase as a p53-independent therapeutic strategy in high-risk and relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Cancer Cell International, 2023
Background Outcomes for patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are poor and there is a need for novel therapies to improve outcomes.
Hayden L. Bell, Helen J. Blair, Mankaran Singh, Anthony V. Moorman, Olaf Heidenreich, Frederik W. van Delft, John Lunec, Julie A. E. Irving   +7 more
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