Integrating environmental risk factors into pediatric cancer care: Laying the groundwork for improved outcomes and primary prevention

Childhood cancer incidence has steadily risen both in the United States and worldwide, yet its environmental contributors remain underrecognized in clinical care. Children and cancer survivors are particularly susceptible to environmental exposures due to their unique physiology and the long-term health vulnerabilities that follow cancer treatment. 

Authors

Omar Shakeel, MD Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Program Partner

Mark Miller, MD, MPH Region 9 WSPEHSU Director Emeritus, UCSF

Nikki Wood, DO Children’s Mercy Hospital