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Risk of cancer among children of cancer patients—a nationwide study in Finland

  1. Laura-Maria S. Madanat-Harjuoja1,†,*,
  2. Nea Malila1,2,
  3. Päivi Lähteenmäki3,
  4. Eero Pukkala1,2,
  5. John J. Mulvihill4,
  6. John D. Boice Jr.5,6,
  7. Risto Sankila1

Article first published online: 2 SEP 2009

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24856

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 126, Issue 5, pages 1196–1205, 1 March 2010

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Madanat-Harjuoja, L.-M. S., Malila, N., Lähteenmäki, P., Pukkala, E., Mulvihill, J. J., Boice, J. D. and Sankila, R. (2010), Risk of cancer among children of cancer patients—a nationwide study in Finland. Int. J. Cancer, 126: 1196–1205. doi: 10.1002/ijc.24856

Author Information

  1. 1

    Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland

  2. 2

    School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

  3. 3

    Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

  4. 4

    The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

  5. 5

    International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD

  6. 6

    Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

  1. †

    Fax: +[358-9-1355378].

*Finnish Cancer Registry, Pieni Roobertinkatu 9, FI-00130 Helsinki, Finland

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 2 SEP 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 2 SEP 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 11 AUG 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 2 JUL 2009

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  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: 1 R01 CA104666
  • National Cancer Institute (Vanderbilt University), Finnish Cancer Organizations

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