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Hepatoblastoma incidence in the United States from 1973 to 1992
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA. ross@epivax.epi.umn.edu
Medical and Pediatric Oncology
|January 22, 1998
Abstract
Background:
There is recent evidence to suggest that extremely low birth weight is associated with the occurrence of hepatoblastoma.
Procedure:
In light of this possibility, we evaluated trends in hepatoblastoma incidence in the United States among children age 4 years and younger.
Results:
We found an increasing trend (5.2%) in hepatoblastoma incidence over the past two decades, a period that corresponds with improved survival of very low birth weight children.
Conclusion:
Future studies of hepatoblastoma that incorporate birth weight are appropriate.