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Cancer patterns among children of Turkish descent in Germany: a study at the German Childhood Cancer Registry.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer risks of migrants might differ from risks of the indigenous population due to differences in socioeconomic status, life style, or genetic factors. The aim of this study was to investigate cancer patterns among children of Turkish descent in Germany.

Methods

We identified cases with Turkish names (as a proxy of Turkish descent) among the 37,259 cases of childhood cancer registered in the German Childhood Cancer Registry (GCCR) during 1980-2005. As it is not possible to obtain reference population data for children of Turkish descent, the distribution of cancer diagnoses was compared between cases of Turkish descent and all remaining (mainly German) cases in the registry, using proportional cancer incidence ratios (PCIRs).

Results

The overall distribution of cancer diagnoses was similar in the two groups. The PCIRs in three diagnosis groups were increased for cases of Turkish descent: acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia (PCIR 1.23; CI (95%) 1.02-1.47), Hodgkin's disease (1.34; 1.13-1.59) and Non-Hodgkin/Burkitt lymphoma (1.19; 1.02-1.39). Age, sex, and period of diagnosis showed no influence on the distribution of diagnoses.

Conclusion

No major differences were found in cancer patterns among cases of Turkish descent compared to all other cases in the GCCR. Slightly higher proportions of systemic malignant diseases indicate that analytical studies involving migrants may help investigating the causes of such cancers.

SUBMITTER: Spallek J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2396623 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cancer patterns among children of Turkish descent in Germany: a study at the German Childhood Cancer Registry.

Spallek Jacob J   Spix Claudia C   Zeeb Hajo H   Kaatsch Peter P   Razum Oliver O  

BMC public health 20080507


<h4>Background</h4>Cancer risks of migrants might differ from risks of the indigenous population due to differences in socioeconomic status, life style, or genetic factors. The aim of this study was to investigate cancer patterns among children of Turkish descent in Germany.<h4>Methods</h4>We identified cases with Turkish names (as a proxy of Turkish descent) among the 37,259 cases of childhood cancer registered in the German Childhood Cancer Registry (GCCR) during 1980-2005. As it is not possib  ...[more]

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