Human Reproduction, Vol. 15, No. 1, 227,
January 2000
© 2000 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
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Age definitions, childhood and adolescent cancers in relation to reproductive issues
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College London/UCLHTrust, 8896 Chenies Mews, London WC1E 6HX, UK Department of Medicine, Paediatric Endocrinology Division, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA, UK
Dear Sir,
Childhood and early adolescent (014 years) cancers are rare, accounting for <1% of all cancers in industrialized countries. Several types of cancer are virtually unique in childhood, whereas the carcinomas most frequently seen in adults (lung, female breast, stomach, large bowel and prostate), are extremely rare in childhood and early adolescence (Stiller and Draper, 1998
). There is a cumulative
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