Which conditions does ATSDRs study of specific birth defects and childhood cancers include?
The study includes neural tube defects (NTDs), consisting of anencephaly (absence of a major portion of the brain) and spina bifida; oral cleft defects; and childhood leukemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A 1999–2002 telephone survey identified 106 parent-reported cases of these birth defects and cancers in children born between 1968 and 1985 to women who for some time during their pregnancies lived at Camp Lejeune. The parents reported: • 35 neural tube defects; • 42 oral cleft defects; and • 29 childhood cancers.
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