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FLUORIDE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN (OSTEOSARCOMA)

FLUORIDE EFFECTS IN CHILDREN (OSTEOSARCOMA)

STUDY RESULTS: Age-specific fluoride exposure in drinking water and osteosarcoma (United States). NCBI PubMed A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine

OBJECTIVE: Exploration; age-specific and gender-specific effects of fluoride level in drinking water and the incidence of osteosarcoma.

From: The Eye Pathologist; Contributor: Gordon K. Klintworth Osteosarcoma (osteogenic sarcoma) is a highly malignant tumor. It characteristically presents between the ages of 10 and 30 years and has a male predominance. The tumor is usually treated with wide tumor resection and adjunctant chemotherapy. Despite treatment the prognosis is poor and a fatal outcome is the rule.

CONCLUSIONS: The exploratory analysis found an association between fluoride exposure in drinking water during childhood and the incidence of osteosarcoma among males but not consistently among females. (However, osteosarcoma in all cases are predominantly found in males)

Contributer: The Eye Pathologist, Duke University

Conducted and published by: Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Clinical Research Program, Children’s Hospital, USA. elise_bassin@post.harvard.edu PMID: 16596294 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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