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British Journal of Cancer (2007) 97, 986-988.
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603931 www.bjcancer.com Published online 14 August 2007
Molar pregnancy and childhood cancer: a population-based linkage study from Denmark
J Schüz1, N Martinussen1, T Lightfoot2, E Roman2 and J F Winther1
1Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
2Epidemiology & Genetics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, Area 3 Seebohm Rowntree Building, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Correspondence to: Dr J Schüz, E-mail: joachim@cancer.dk
Received 14 May 2007; revised 12 July 2007; accepted 18 July 2007; published online 14 August 2007
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.
Keywords: childhood cancer; childhood leukaemia; molar pregnancy; epigenetics; population-based cohort study
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