Childhood Cancer
Cross-source consensus on Childhood Cancer from 1 sources and 6 claims.
1 sources · 6 claims
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- Childhood cancer is the primary outcome for the PRECHIC project using the cohort. — German Million Children Cohort: a historical birth cohort based on claims data to investigate the impact of immunisation and other early life factors on the risk of cancer and other diseases in childhood – cohort profile
- There were 3,410 children diagnosed with cancer during cohort follow-up. — German Million Children Cohort: a historical birth cohort based on claims data to investigate the impact of immunisation and other early life factors on the risk of cancer and other diseases in childhood – cohort profile
- Cancer cases are defined using at least one hospital discharge diagnosis coded as ICD-10-GM C00-C97, excluding benign cancer diagnoses. — German Million Children Cohort: a historical birth cohort based on claims data to investigate the impact of immunisation and other early life factors on the risk of cancer and other diseases in childhood – cohort profile
- Leukaemia was the most common cancer type in the cohort, followed by central nervous system tumours. — German Million Children Cohort: a historical birth cohort based on claims data to investigate the impact of immunisation and other early life factors on the risk of cancer and other diseases in childhood – cohort profile
- The study relies on inpatient diagnoses for outcome definition because German childhood cancers are routinely managed in hospitals. — German Million Children Cohort: a historical birth cohort based on claims data to investigate the impact of immunisation and other early life factors on the risk of cancer and other diseases in childhood – cohort profile
- Childhood cancer in Germany can cause long-term sequelae even though about 82% of affected children survive at least 15 years after diagnosis. — German Million Children Cohort: a historical birth cohort based on claims data to investigate the impact of immunisation and other early life factors on the risk of cancer and other diseases in childhood – cohort profile