title: Serum pesticide levels in patients with childhood colorectal carcinoma.
abstract: From September 1974 through November 1976, 13 adolescent patients with mucin-producing colorectal adenocarcinoma were treated at a Memphis, Tennessee, pediatric oncology center. Ten of these children were from rural areas of the Mississippi Delta, areas of high pesticide use. None of them had a family history of colorectal cancer, familial polyposis, or ulcerative colitis. Levels of pesticide residues, however, were not generally higher in blood samples from patients and their families than from controls.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000383:Agriculture; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D003634:DDT / Q000097:blood; D004026:Dieldrin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006534:Heptachlor Epoxide / Q000097:blood; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism; D010575:Pesticides / Q000097:blood*; D012424:Rural Population
chemical_list: D009077:Mucins; D010575:Pesticides; D006534:Heptachlor Epoxide; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; D003634:DDT; D004026:Dieldrin