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Study finds rise in childhood cancer cases across nine registries
A review of 12 000 children from nine cancer registries shows a 1 percent yearly increase in cancers among those under 15 from 1974 to 1991. Lead author James Gurney cautions rises are modest and may reflect better diagnosis and reporting, not necessarily a real surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Department of Community Health
St. Louis ‘University School of Public Health
Missouri
Gurney
Phyllis Wingo
American Cancer Society
Atlanta
Norma Wollner
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York
Wollner