Niños con cancer

Studies Indicate Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated With Chemotherapy, Radiation Face Elevated Risk For Subsequent Malignancies

MedPage Today (10/29) reports two studies examining the same cohort indicate "childhood cancer survivors have a dramatically higher risk for breast cancer and other subsequent malignancies, especially when treated with both chemotherapy and radiation." In one study (10/28) published in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers found "among girls, the likelihood of a breast cancer diagnosis as an adult increased for every 10 Gy of radiation received (odds ratio [OR] 3.9, 95% CI 2.5-6.5) and for every 100 mg/m2 of anthracycline administered (OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.09-1.39)." In the second study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, "the increased risk from chemotherapy alone was linked to multiple subsequent cancers," including thyroid cancer and melanoma.

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Benjamin Hidalgo-Matlock
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