Comment on Piscitelli et al. Hospitalizations in Pediatric and Adult Patients for All Cancer Type in Italy: The EPIKIT Study under the E.U. COHEIRS Project on Environment and Health. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 495
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Aug 16;14(8):919.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph14080919.
1 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. benedetto.terracini@fastwebnet.it.
2 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. daniela.alessi@cpo.it.
3 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. isaevska.elena@gmail.com.
4 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. vanda.macerata@cpo.it.
5 Department of Translational Medicine, Unit of Medical Statistics and Cancer Epidemiology, CPO Piemonte and University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy. magnani@med.unipmn.it.
6 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. manasievskamilena@gmail.com.
7 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. milena.maule@unito.it.
8 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. franco.merletti@unito.it.
9 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. marialuisamosso@libero.it.
10 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. tiziana.rosso@cpo.it.
11 Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy. carlotta.sacerdote@cpo.it.
In the "Epikit study" [1], P. Piscitelli with 27 co-authors from 20 scientific institutions estimated the absolute number of hospital admissions for newly diagnosed cancer in people aged 0-19 in Italian provinces and regions in 2007-2011.[...].