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Whether neonatal phototherapy increases the risk of cancer in children is a disturbing unresolved issue
  1. Jon E Tyson1,
  2. Charles C Miller2
  1. 1Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
  2. 2Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
  1. Correspondence to : Professor Jon E Tyson, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77225, USA; jon.e.tyson{at}uth.tmc.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmed-2016-110528

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    Commentary on: Wickremasinghe AC, Kuzniewicz MW, Grimes BA, et al. Neonatal phototherapy and infantile cancer. Pediatrics 2016;137:pii:e20151353OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text; Newman TB, Wickremasinghe AC, Walsh EM, et al. Retrospective cohort study of phototherapy and childhood cancer in Northern California. Pediatrics 2016;137:pii:e20151354OpenUrl.

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    Phototherapy (PT) has been widely used for decades to reduce the total serum bilirubin of neonates, and the belief that the benefits far outweigh the hazards …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.