What is happening with cancer rates for Latino children and adolescents compared to non-Hispanic whites?
The incidence of specific cancers differed substantially among Latino and non-Latino children and adolescents. Latino boys had a higher incidence rate of Hodgkin lymphoma than non-Latino boys while all Latino adolescents had lower incidence rates than NHW adolescents. Latino boys and girls had higher incidence rates of germ cell tumors than did NHW children, an observation also seen for Latino and NHW female adolescents. Also, Latino children have higher incidence of leukemia, retinoblastoma, and osteosarcoma, than do non-Latino white children. Among the cancers that have lower incidence in Latino children and adolescents, CNS tumors, neuroblastoma, and renal tumors have lower incidence rates among those born in Central and South America compared to those born in North America. Many questions remain unanswered regarding the development of cancer in children and adolescents, exposure differences, and genetic predisposition between Latinos and non-Latinos. The diversity and large numbers
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