ArticleBritish journal of cancer2011
Birth characteristics and childhood carcinomas.
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- Sex differences in associations between birth characteristics and childhood cancers: a five-state registry-linkage study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2021Article
- Birth Characteristics and Risk of Pediatric Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Based Record-Linkage Study in California.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2021Article
- Birthweight and risk of thyroid cancer and its histological types: A large cohort study.Cancer epidemiology · 2019Article
- High Birth Weight, Early UV Exposure, and Melanoma Risk in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2019Article
- The association between sex and most childhood cancers is not mediated by birthweight.Cancer epidemiology · 2018Article
- Birth weight and risk of childhood solid tumors in Brazil: a record linkage between population-based data sets.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2017Article
- Season of birth and other perinatal risk factors for melanoma.International journal of epidemiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundCarcinomas in children are rare and have not been well studied.
methodsWe conducted a population-based case-control study and examined associations between birth characteristics and childhood carcinomas diagnosed from 28 days to 14 years during 1980-2004 using pooled data from five states (NY, WA, MN, TX, and CA) that linked their birth and cancer registries. The pooled data set contained 57,966 controls and 475 carcinoma cases, including 159 thyroid and 126 malignant melanoma cases. We used unconditional logistic regression to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsWhite compared with 'other' race was positively associated with melanoma (OR=3.22, 95% CI 1.33-8.33). Older maternal age increased the risk for melanoma (OR(per 5-year age increase)=1.20, 95% CI 1.00-1.44), whereas paternal age increased the risk for any carcinoma (OR=1.10(per 5-year age increase), 95% CI 1.01-1.20) and thyroid carcinoma (OR(per 5-year age increase)=1.16, 95% CI 1.01-1.33). Gestational age < 37 vs 37-42 weeks increased the risk for thyroid carcinoma (OR=1.87, 95% CI 1.07-3.27). Plurality, birth weight, and birth order were not significantly associated with childhood carcinomas.
conclusionThis exploratory study indicates that some birth characteristics including older parental age and low gestational age may be related to childhood carcinoma aetiology.
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