Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0024 |
| Title: | Infant feeding and childhood cancer |
| Author(s): | Davis MK, Savitz DA, Graubard BI |
| Reference: | Lancet 1988;(August 13th):365-8 |
| Place of Study: | Denver, USA |
| Abstract: | 201 children diagnosed before the age of fifteen were compared with 181 controls. There is an increased risk of cancer in children breastfed less than 6 months or not breastfed at all. The increased risk is largely due to the increased incidence of lymphoma. |
| Keyword(s): | bottle feeding, breastfeeding, cancer in childhood, lymphoma |
| Discussion: | These data differ from those of McKinney who found no association between infant feeding and childhood leukaemia or lymphoma. See McKinney P.A., et al, The inter-regional epidemiological childhood cancer; a case control study. Arch Dis child, 1987;62:279-87. See entry 0029. |
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