A research team from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently unveiled a population-based cohort study correlating intellectual disability with a higher prevalence of specific cancer types. According to Dr. Qianwei Liu, findings from the study conducted between 1974-2013 on over 3.5 million children, of whom 27,956 (0.8%) had a clinical case of intellectual disability, showed a statistically significant increased risk for the following cancers: oesophageal, stomach, small intestine, colon, pancreatic, uterus, kidney, central nervous system, as well as acute lymphoid and acute myeloid leukaemia.
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Source mentioned: 1488O – Liu Q, Adami H-O, Reichenberg A, et al. Cancer risk in individuals with intellectual disability. ESMO Congress 2021 (16-21 September).
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