Risk of Cancer Among Children and Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Compared With Healthy Controls | Zendy

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Risk of Cancer Among Children and Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Compared With Healthy Controls

Author(s) -

Zacharias Mandalenakis,

Christina Karazisi,

Kristofer Skoglund,

Annika Rosengren,

Georgios Lappas,

Peter Eriksson,

Mikael Dellborg

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama network open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2574-3805

DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6762

Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , pediatrics , population , heart disease , incidence (geometry) , cohort , cohort study , cancer registry , cancer , prospective cohort study , physics , environmental health , optics

Children and young adult patients with CHD had an increased risk of developing cancer compared with healthy matched controls, and the risk was significantly higher among patients with CHD from the most recent birth cohort. An increased risk of cancer in all CHD lesion groups was found, and a systematic screening for cancer could be considered for this at-risk group of patients.

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