Cancer Incidence among Adolescents and Young Adults in Urban Shanghai, 1973–2005

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Authors

Qi‐Jun Wu · State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes

Emily Vogtmann · Shanghai Cancer Institute

Wei Zhang · Renji Hospital

Li Xie · State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes

Wanshui Yang · Shanghai Cancer Institute

Yuting Tan · State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes

Jing Gao

Abstract

Overall cancer incidence rates of adolescents and young adults decreased in males whereas they increased in females. Our findings suggest the importance of further epidemiology and etiologic studies to further elucidate factors contributing to the cancer incidence trends of adolescents and young adults in China.

Topics & Keywords

Cancer Risks and Factors Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 7, Issue 8, pp. e42607-e42607

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042607

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