Risk of cancer among offspring of childhood-cancer survivors

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 1339-1344

  Sankila, Risto ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^b   Anderson, Harald ^c   Garwicz, Stanislaw ^d   Glattre, Eystein ^e   Hertz, Henrik ^f   Langmark, Frøydis ^e   Lanning, Marjatta ^g   Møller, Torgil ^c   Tulinius, Hrafn ^h  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c S Swedish Regional Tumour Registry   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^f Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^g OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NORWAY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; REGISTRIES; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK; SCANDINAVIA; SURVIVORS;

EID: 18344412519     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199805073381902     Document Type: Article

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