Causes of subsequent neoplasms after childhood cancer
Menée à l'aide de données de 2 cohortes portant au total sur 12 344 personnes ayant survécu à un cancer pédiatrique (âge médian : 33-36 ans ; durée médiane de suivi : 24-28 ans), cette étude identifie les facteurs exposant au risque de second cancer
As cancer treatments improve, survival increases—alongside the potential for subsequent neoplasms (SNs). Survivors of childhood cancer (diagnosed aged 0–14 years) are particularly vulnerable to subsequent neoplasms; a 2024 Swiss report found they had a six times higher SN risk than age-peers without a primary cancer.1 Survivors of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancers (diagnosed aged 15–39 years) had a two times higher risk, and those first diagnosed after age 40 years had a 1·2 times higher risk of SNs.
The Lancet Oncology , commentaire, 2025