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| Name | Class |
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| The Swedish Research Council | OTHER_GOV |
| The Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund | UNKNOWN |
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The investigators will first examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood cancer patients in Sweden and Denmark, both regarding susceptibility to severe COVID-19 among long-term childhood cancer survivors, and, for those diagnosed with childhood cancer during the pandemic, whether the path through primary care to cancer diagnosis as well as short-term survival has changed. Second, the investigators will study childhood cancer incidence before, during and after the pandemic with the particular aim to test the hypothesis regarding an infectious disease etiology for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood cancer survivors | Childhood cancer cases (0-19 years old) reported to the national cancer registers from 1971 in Sweden and Denmark, who were alive five years after the cancer diagnosis | ||
| Matched comparisons | Five general population comparisons were randomly selected and matched to the childhood cancer survivors by sex and year of birth | ||
| Siblings | All siblings of the childhood cancer survivors | ||
| Childhood cancer cases | Childhood cancer cases (0-19 years old) reported to the national cancer registers from 2015 in Sweden and Denmark. They will then further divided in three groups: before the pandemic (2015-2019), during the pandemic (2020-2022), and after the pandemic (2022-) |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Severe COVID-19 | Defined as:
| Up to 3 years |
| Childhood cancer survival | Overall survival after a childhood cancer diagnosis | After three and twelve months after the cancer diagnosis and three years after cancer diagnosis |
| Number of contacts before childhood cancer diagnosis | Number of healthcare contacts (including primary care) the year before the cancer diagnosis | One year before cancer diagnosis |
| Childhood cancer incidence | Age standardized incidence rates for childhood cancer and cancer subtypes (particularly acute lymphoblastic leukemia) in Sweden and Denmark during and after the pandemic and compare it to the 5 years preceding the pandemic | From 2015 |
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Inclusion Criteria for studying severe COVID-19 among childhood cancer survivors:
Inclusion Criteria for studying childhood cancer incidence and survival and number of contacts with healthcare before the childhood cancer diagnosis:
- All children (age 0-19) diagnosed with cancer from 2015 in Sweden and Denmark
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Giorgio Tettamanti, PhD | Karolinska Institutet | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Karolinska Institutet | Stockholm | 17177 | Sweden |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000086382 | COVID-19 |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D054198 | Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma |
| ID | Term |
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| D011024 | Pneumonia, Viral |
| D011014 | Pneumonia |
| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
| D007239 | Infections |
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| D014777 |
| Virus Diseases |
| D018352 | Coronavirus Infections |
| D003333 | Coronaviridae Infections |
| D030341 | Nidovirales Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D007945 | Leukemia, Lymphoid |
| D007938 | Leukemia |
| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
| D006402 | Hematologic Diseases |
| D006425 | Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases |
| D008232 | Lymphoproliferative Disorders |
| D008206 | Lymphatic Diseases |
| D007160 | Immunoproliferative Disorders |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |