Breast feeding and childhood hematological malignancy.
Indian J Pediatr
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2004 May; 71(5): 417-8
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-80419
ABSTRACT
Breast milk is known to have anti-infective and immunomodulating effects on infants, but its association with childhood cancer has not been well studied. Artificial feeding may affect the immune response in carcinogenesis. In this communication the authors have reviewed different articles describing the association between breast feeding (BF) and subsequent development of childhood hematological malignancy. It appears that BF may have a protective effect on childhood cancer, both the duration of BF as well as the quantity of milk ingested is probably critical to the beneficial immunological effects of BF against childhood cancer if any.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Primary Prevention
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Reference Values
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Breast Feeding
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Case-Control Studies
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Prevalence
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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