Cancer Risk in Individuals With Major Birth Defects: Large Nordic Population Based Case-Control Study Among Children, Adolescents, and Adults. Issue 4 (April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Daltveit, Dagrun Slettebø; Klungsøyr, Kari; Engeland, Anders; Ekbom, Anders; Gissler, Mika; Glimelius, Ingrid; Grotmol, Tom; Madanat-Harjuoja, Laura; Ording, Anne Gulbech; Sæther, Solbjørg Makalani Myrtveit; Sørensen, Henrik Toft; Troisi, Rebecca; Bjørge, Tone
• Is Part Of: Obstetrical & gynecological survey. Volume 76:Issue 4(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-04
• Subjects: Obstetrics -- Periodicals; Gynecology -- Periodicals; Generative organs, Female -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 618
• DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000743352.84907.0b
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0029-7828

Abstract

Abstract : (Abstracted from BMJ 2020;371:m4060) Birth defects are strong risk factors for childhood cancers. While past studies have identified associations between birth defects and cancer in children, few have looked at these associations into adulthood.