Molar pregnancy and childhood cancer: a population-based linkage study from Denmark

Br J Cancer. 2007 Oct 8;97(7):986-8. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603931. Epub 2007 Aug 14.

Abstract

We observed a relative risk of 1.40 (95% confidence interval; 0.86-2.16) for cancers diagnosed under the age 20 in 6192 offspring of 3431 mothers with a molar pregnancy, indicating it is not a major determinant of childhood cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Denmark / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydatidiform Mole / complications
  • Hydatidiform Mole / epidemiology*
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Registries
  • Risk Factors