by According to the researchers, children who were born with planned caesarean sections can have an increased risk of developing certain types of cancer in childhood.
After the members of the Swedish Karolinska Institute had examined the health of almost 2.5 million children, members of the Swedish Karolinska institutions found an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia during this event and not with similar “caesarean section” process.
They are still working to understand why this is the case, but have identified possible factors that could help to explain. The researchers found that babies are not exposed to stressed or vaginal bacteria in planned caesarean sections, as during the emergency Caesarean sections. Doctors carry out a caesarean section if the baby’s health is endangered or if vaginal delivery is not possible or safe.
“C-sections are an important and often life-saving part of obstetrical care. We do not want mothers to be annoyed by medically specified caesarean sections. However, if this result is combined with other study results, the risk of later asthma, allergies or type 1 diabetes in children show the planned K-sections.
Kampitsi and their team found that of the almost 376,000 children who were born between 1982 and 1999 to 2015 by Caesarean section Sweden, almost 1,500 later leukemia. The risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia was born in children who were born by planned caesarean sections by 21 percent higher than in children who were born vaginally.
In addition, the risk of developing the most common form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which is known as B-Zell, is known to acute lymphoblastic leukemia, in which 29 percent higher. The increased risk of cancer was more pronounced in boys than in girls and in the first years of a child’s life.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a kind of blood and bone marrow cancer and the most common type of cancer in children. It is also unclear what causes the DNA mutations that can lead to cancer, but treatments lead to a good chance of a healing according to the Mayo clinic. The American Cancer Society estimates that this year there will be 6,100 new cases and 1,400 deaths due to cancer in both children and adults in the USA.
The researchers emphasized that the risk of developing these cancer remains low regardless of the type of delivery.
The excess risk associated with planned caesarean section corresponds approximately to an acute lymphoblastic B cell leukemia annually, they said.
According to centers for disease control and prevention data, the caesarean sections in the United States have become increasingly common. In particular, the mother’s mortality in the United States has increased in recent years, and according to Yale Medicine, who are considered avoidable, 84 percent of pregnancy -related deaths are assumed.
According to Dr. Cindy Celnik, the Chief Medical Officer of the Woman Hospital of Texas, is carried out by 1.2 million caesarean sections every year.
“Fortunately, acute lymphblastic leukemia is rare,” added Kampitsi. “This means that many C-deliveria are required to achieve a statistically significant result, and it is difficult to obtain such a large sample in a Swedish registration study.
Kampitsi was the main author of the results published on Friday The International Journal of Cancer.
