Cancer Incidence Rates and Trends Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2001–2009

2014270 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

David A. Siegel · Emory University

Jessica King

Eric Tai · Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center

Natasha Buchanan · National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Umed A. Ajani · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jun Li · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

This study reports the novel finding that renal carcinoma rates are increasing among children and adolescents. This study confirms that thyroid cancer rates are increasing and further describes rising cancer rates among African Americans.

Topics & Keywords

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Renal and related cancers

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 134, Issue 4, pp. e945-e955

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3926

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