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Cancer incidence in 1990–92 among English south Asian (residents with ethnic origins in India, Pakistan or Bangladesh) and non-south Asian children is compared. Standardized incidence ratios show significant overall excesses in south Asians (131), largely due to higher rates in south Asian boys, and specific excesses for leukaemia (141), lymphoid leukaemia (141), lymphoma (172) and hepatic tumours (375). Aetiological investigation is required. © 2001 Cancer Research Campaign http://www.bjcancer.com
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Cummins, C., Winter, H., Maric, R. et al. Childhood cancer in the south Asian population of England (1990–1992). Br J Cancer 84, 1215–1218 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2001.1775
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