A significant breakthrough in the incidence of childhood cancers and evaluation of its risk factors in Southern Iran
Background and Objective: This study investigates epidemiologic and practical information about the incidence and risk factors of childhood cancer in a population of Southern Iranian children. Materials and Methods: A total number of 300 cancer patients along with 600 age- and gender-matched healthy...
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| author | Asma Erjaee Maryam Niknam Ahmadreza Sadeghi Maryam Dehghani Zeinab Safaei Saeed Hosseini Teshnizi Mehran Karimi |
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| description | Background and Objective: This study investigates epidemiologic and practical information about the incidence and risk factors of childhood cancer in a population of Southern Iranian children. Materials and Methods: A total number of 300 cancer patients along with 600 age- and gender-matched healthy control were interviewed by a trained physician regarding their demographic characteristics, and major family-associated risk factors, childhood malignancies. Results: The average annual percentage change for cancers in the studied population is calculated as 45%. Our study indicated that possible risk factors which could contribute to the development of childhood cancer are maternal oral contraceptive pill use during pregnancy, exposure to radiation during pregnancy, parental smoking, residence near high voltage electricity lines, exposure to pesticides and fertilizers, patient allergy, contact with domestic animals and father's educational degree. Furthermore, new ecological risk factors such as air pollution due to nonstandard petroleum or toxic inhalant particles, nonhealthy food consumption, and satellite jamming are other predisposing factors. Conclusion: Our study reported a higher average annual percentage change of childhood cancers in our area, compared to the existing literature. In conclusion, detection and prevention of the consistent and possible new environmental risk factors such as nonstandard petroleum or satellite jamming from all around the country should be taking into consideration. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2652f3ec3c5745159d91df55eb058f392025-08-20T01:55:41ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology0971-58512017-01-0138215816410.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_40_16A significant breakthrough in the incidence of childhood cancers and evaluation of its risk factors in Southern IranAsma ErjaeeMaryam NiknamAhmadreza SadeghiMaryam DehghaniZeinab SafaeiSaeed Hosseini TeshniziMehran KarimiBackground and Objective: This study investigates epidemiologic and practical information about the incidence and risk factors of childhood cancer in a population of Southern Iranian children. Materials and Methods: A total number of 300 cancer patients along with 600 age- and gender-matched healthy control were interviewed by a trained physician regarding their demographic characteristics, and major family-associated risk factors, childhood malignancies. Results: The average annual percentage change for cancers in the studied population is calculated as 45%. Our study indicated that possible risk factors which could contribute to the development of childhood cancer are maternal oral contraceptive pill use during pregnancy, exposure to radiation during pregnancy, parental smoking, residence near high voltage electricity lines, exposure to pesticides and fertilizers, patient allergy, contact with domestic animals and father's educational degree. Furthermore, new ecological risk factors such as air pollution due to nonstandard petroleum or toxic inhalant particles, nonhealthy food consumption, and satellite jamming are other predisposing factors. Conclusion: Our study reported a higher average annual percentage change of childhood cancers in our area, compared to the existing literature. In conclusion, detection and prevention of the consistent and possible new environmental risk factors such as nonstandard petroleum or satellite jamming from all around the country should be taking into consideration.http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2017;volume=38;issue=2;spage=158;epage=164;aulast=ErjaeeCancerschildrenincidencerisk factors |
| spellingShingle | Asma Erjaee Maryam Niknam Ahmadreza Sadeghi Maryam Dehghani Zeinab Safaei Saeed Hosseini Teshnizi Mehran Karimi A significant breakthrough in the incidence of childhood cancers and evaluation of its risk factors in Southern Iran Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology Cancers children incidence risk factors |
| title | A significant breakthrough in the incidence of childhood cancers and evaluation of its risk factors in Southern Iran |
| title_full | A significant breakthrough in the incidence of childhood cancers and evaluation of its risk factors in Southern Iran |
| title_fullStr | A significant breakthrough in the incidence of childhood cancers and evaluation of its risk factors in Southern Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | A significant breakthrough in the incidence of childhood cancers and evaluation of its risk factors in Southern Iran |
| title_short | A significant breakthrough in the incidence of childhood cancers and evaluation of its risk factors in Southern Iran |
| title_sort | significant breakthrough in the incidence of childhood cancers and evaluation of its risk factors in southern iran |
| topic | Cancers children incidence risk factors |
| url | http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2017;volume=38;issue=2;spage=158;epage=164;aulast=Erjaee |
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