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french guiana french territory south america exposome persons living quite different mainland france ethnic makeup population also quite different poverty also widespread difficulties accessing care magnified low medicalprofessional density singular context aimed measure incidence pediatric cancers compare continents used french guianas certified cancer registry study 2003 2017 incidences standardized using world population three strata 04 years 59 years 1014 years 164 solid tumors hematologic malignancies diagnosed children age 15 92 boys 72 girls study period standardized incidence rate 141 per 100000 among children aged 15 years significant trend study period three common causes cancer leukemiasmostly lymphoblasticcns tumors sarcoma standardized incidence pediatric cancers french guiana similar western europe north america others discovered found males tended likely develop cancer notably leukemia cns tumors sarcoma retinoblastoma elsewhere predominant cancer types changed age initial assumption given singular context french guiana may differences pediatric cancer incidences showed overall contrary assumption trends tropical countries incidence pediatric cancers range western europe north america apparent nonsignificant differences main types cancers observed global statistics quality cancer registry data tropical region confirm suspicion lower incidences tropical low middleincome countries likely result incomplete diagnosis data collection