Which of the following statements comparing childhood cancer with adult cancer is true?
a. There is no difference in childhood cancer and adult cancer.
b. Childhood cancers usually arise from primitive embryonic tissue and adult malignancies are of epithelial origin.
c. Routine screens catch childhood cancers more often than adult cancers.
d. Exposure to carcinogens is related in a stronger way to childhood cancers than to adult cancers.
B
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A Incorrect. Differences between childhood cancer and adult cancer do exist.
B Correct. In contrast to adult malignancies, which arise from epithelial origin, childhood malignancies typically arise from primitive embryonic tissue.
C Incorrect. Routine exams are not identified as finding cancers more frequently in children than in adults.
D Incorrect. Carcinogens are not related to childhood cancers more than adult cancers, as children have not lived long enough for carcinogens to cause a malignancy.
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