Childhood cancer survivors at increased risk of certain tumors in middle-age
Saturday, June 4, 2011 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
In a study that included nearly 18,000 children who had cancer, with follow-up of about 25 years, the greatest excess risk associated with a subsequent primary neoplasm (a new tumor) at older than age 40 years was for digestive and genitourinary neoplasms (related to the genital or urinary tract organs).