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Thyroid cancer in childhood

The Japanese Journal of Surgery, 1978
Thyroid cancer in childhood is a relatively rare condition. Often it shows biological characteristics different from those seen in adults. Based upon 10 cases in our clinic and 57 cases collected from the Japanese literatures, clinical features, pathology, treatment and prognosis of thyroid cancer in childhood are discussed. Pathogenesis is most likely
J, Uchino, Y, Hata, Y, Kasai
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Childhood cancer

Cancer, 1995
Cancers of individual organs generally are composed of various histologic types, each with its own frequency and demographic patterns. For childhood cancers in particular, a classification of cancers by histologic type is important for understanding the etiology and progression of the disease.Data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results ...
R W, Miller, J L, Young, B, Novakovic
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Cancer in childhood

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1946
One hundred and eighty-one cases of tumours in children are described. This includes 167 cases of malignant disease, 6 cases of mixed salivary tumours, and 8 osteoclastoma. The history and literature are reviewed. The incidence was studied from various aspects:— (a) Diseases of children. (b) Cancer in general. (c) Age incidence of cancer.
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Survivors of Cancer in Childhood

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1976
Late effects of childhood cancer in 142 patients, presently aged 18 years and older, were examined with a medical record review and questionnaire survey. Seventy-four patients (52%) had major defects in treated organs, while 17 (12%) developed second primary neoplasms (10 malignancies and 7 benign tumors).
F P, Li, R, Stone
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Childhood cancer in twins

Cancer, 1966
A statistical study of the first 5,763 deaths covered by the Oxford Survey of Childhood Cancers showed that the number of twin-born cases was below expectation and that this applied especially to members of like-sex pairs. This may reflect prenatal selection against embryos (especially males) with a disposition to develop cancer in childhood.
D, Hewitt, J C, Lashof, A M, Stewart
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Diagnosis of Childhood Cancer

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2009
Childhood cancer is uncommon but remains the leading cause of disease-related death in children. Symptoms are often vague or insidious; they may suggest a more common alternative diagnosis, and they are quite different from those associated with adult malignancy.
Christopher P, Raab, J Carlton, Gartner
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Hypercoagulability in childhood cancer

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1975
Thirty-two children with solid tumors (lymphangioma, fibrosarcoma, hepatocarcinoma, osteogenic sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, lymphosarcoma, mesenchymoma, hepatoma, Ewing's sarcoma, reticulum cell sarcoma, neuroblastoma, Hodgkin's disease, and brain tumors) were studied for alterations in coagulation by means of platelet counts, platelet aggregation ...
W E, Hathaway, T, Hays
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Cures in Childhood Cancer

Pediatrics In Review, 1990
Dramatic advances have been made in the treatment and potential cure of childhood cancer in the past two decades. In the case of the most common childhood malignancy, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Mauer wrote in 1969 that he did "not think that the attempt to encourage parents by discussion of the possibility of a cure being found is any real help to ...
A R, Chauvenet, M M, Wofford
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Childhood Cancer in Siblings

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 1986
The medical records of 973 previously untreated patients diagnosed between January 1960 and December 31, 1978 with childhood cancer were reviewed. Siblings in 13 families were diagnosed with cancer 9/12 to 15 years after the diagnosis of cancer in the index sibling.
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