Changes to the Summary (05/22/2013)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Childhood LCH

Revised text to state that solvent exposure in parents, family history of cancer, and perinatal infections have a weak association with LCH, but there is no increase in cases after viral epidemics (cited Venkatramani et al. as reference 13). Also revised text to state that an increased frequency of family members with thyroid disease has been reported in white patients.

Presentation of LCH in Children

Added Abbritti et al. as reference 21.

Treatment of Adult LCH

Added Abbritti et al. as reference 4.

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