Table 5.
Incident characteristics of children with parents diagnosed with cancer (2007)
| Variable | Cancer in mother | Cancer in father | ||
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| Minor childrena [Nc (%)] | YA childrenb [N (%)] | Minor children [N (%)] | YA children [N (%)] | |
| Child’s age at diagnosis | ||||
| 0–1 y | 39 (2.0) | N/A | 44 (2.9) | N/A |
| 1–4 y | 328 (16.6) | N/A | 268 (17.8) | N/A |
| 5–9 y | 504 (25.5) | N/A | 350 (23.2) | N/A |
| 10–14 y | 731 (37.0) | N/A | 531 (35.3) | N/A |
| 15–18 y | 376 (19.0) | N/A | 313 (20.8) | N/A |
| 19–20 y | N/A | 399 (26.9) | N/A | 367 (24.1) |
| 21–22 y | N/A | 428 (28.9) | N/A | 426 (28.0) |
| 23–25 y | N/A | 654 (44.2) | N/A | 721 (47.4) |
| Cancer site | ||||
| Skin | 219 (11.1) | 128 (8.6) | 170 (11.3) | 141 (9.3) |
| Colorectal | 144 (7.3) | 170 (11.5) | 268 (17.8) | 314 (20.7) |
| Brain | 165 (8.3) | 88 (5.9) | 126 (8.4) | 81 (5.3) |
| Endocrine | 95 (4.8) | 39 (2.6) | 18 (1.2) | 14 (0.9) |
| Leukemia | 46 (2.3) | 34 (2.3) | 91 (6.0) | 71 (4.7) |
| Non-Hodgkin disease | 56 (2.8) | 57 (3.8) | 76 (5.0) | 71 (4.7) |
| Hodgkin disease | 43 (2.2) | 2 (0.1) | 37 (2.5) | 15 (1.0) |
| Renal/bladder | 23 (1.2) | 28 (1.9) | 138 (9.2) | 131 (8.6) |
| Lung | 49 (2.5) | 70 (4.7) | 69 (4.6) | 122 (8.0) |
| Head and neck | 18 (0.9) | 13 (0.9) | 70 (4.6) | 51 (3.4) |
| Breast | 788 (39.8) | 608 (41.1) | N/A | N/A |
| Cervical/uterine | 186 (9.4) | 136 (9.2) | N/A | N/A |
| Ovarian | 105 (5.3) | 77 (5.2) | N/A | N/A |
| Testicular | N/A | N/A | 186 (12.4) | 41 (2.7) |
| Prostate | N/A | N/A | 201 (13.3) | 435 (28.6) |
| Other or unknownd | 41 (2.1) | 31 (2.1) | 56 (3.7) | 33 (2.2) |
| Stage of cancer at diagnosis | ||||
| Local | 888 (44.9) | 562 (37.9) | 507 (33.7) | 498 (32.8) |
| Regional | 608 (30.7) | 498 (33.6) | 256 (17.0) | 275 (18.1) |
| Metastatic | 177 (8.9) | 193 (13.0) | 205 (13.6) | 247 (16.3) |
| Unknowne | 305 (15.4) | 228 (15.4) | 538 (35.7) | 500 (32.9) |
Notes:
a
Minor children are those aged between 0 and 18 y;
b
YA children are those aged between 19 and 25 y;
c
number of minor and YA children with parents with cancer;
d
see Table 1;
e
includes parental cancers with unknown stage and leukemias and around 50% of the lymphomas for which no stage was recorded.
Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable; y, years; YA, young adult.