Temporal changes of the incidence of childhood cancer in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic: Updated analyses from the German Childhood Cancer Registry
Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2022 Jun:17:100398.
doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100398.
Epub 2022 May 11.
1 Division of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Straße 69, Mainz 55131, Germany.
2 Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization (IARC/WHO), 150 cours Albert Thomas, Lyon 69372, France.
3 Department of Prevention and Evaluation, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Achterstraße 30, Bremen 28359, Germany.
4 Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Arnold-Heller Straße 3, Kiel 24105, Germany.
5 Department of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology and Clinical Immunology, Center for Child and Adolescent Health, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstraße 5, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.
6 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partnering Site Essen/Düsseldorf, Germany.