Journal
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING-NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Volume 44, Issue -, Pages 81-96Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2018.10.009
Keywords
Adverse Childhood Experiences; Cancer risk; Scoping review; Cancer prevention; Child abuse and neglect prevention
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- National Cancer Institute R25 Training Program in Behavioral and Health Services Cancer Control Research [R25-CA093423]
- VA [QUE 15-272]
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Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is associated with a host of harmful outcomes, including increased risk for cancer. A scoping review was conducted to gain a better understanding of how ACEs have been studied in association with risk factors for cancer. This review includes 155 quantitative, peer-reviewed articles published between 2005 and 2015 that examined associations between ACEs and modifiable cancer risk factors, including alcohol, environmental carcinogens, chronic inflammation, sex hormones, immunosuppression, infectious agents, obesity, radiation, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and tobacco, among U.S. adults. This review highlights the growing body of research connecting ACEs to cancer risk factors, particularly alcohol, obesity, and tobacco. Fewer studies investigated the links between ACEs and chronic inflammation or infectious agents. No included publications investigated associations between ACEs and environmental carcinogens, hormones, immunosuppression, radiation, or ultraviolet radiation. Mitigating the impact of ACEs may provide innovative ways to effect comprehensive, upstream cancer prevention. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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