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Subsequent cancer risk of children receiving post voiding cystourethrography: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study

2014

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31,908 participants under 18 who underwent a VCUG between 1997 and 2008 and a non-VCUG group of participants.


  • The overall cancer risk of the VCUG cohort is 1.92-fold higher than the non-VCUG cohort.

  • The genital cancer and urinary system cancer risks of the VCUG cohort were 6.19-fold and 5.8-fold higher than the non-VCUG cohort.

  • Conclusion: “Pediatric VCUG is associated with increased subsequent cancer risk, especially in the genitourinary system.”

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