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Associations between vaccination and childhood cancers in Texas regions

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Pagaoa, M. A., Okcu, M. F., Bondy, M. L., et al.

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Pagaoa, M. A., Okcu, M. F., Bondy, M. L., et al. 2011. Associations between vaccination and childhood cancers in Texas regions. The Journal of Pediatrics. 158(6).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Vaccination may indirectly help prevent certain childhood cancers by priming the body to recognize and destroy tumor cells.

Key Evidence: A study including thousands of children from the U.S. state of Texas found that children born in counties with high coverage of HepB, Polio, and Hib vaccines were 33%, 37%, and 42% less likely to develop a specific type of leukemia than children born in counties with lower coverage of each vaccine.