ArticleBritish journal of cancer2014
Seasonal variation in the month of birth in patients with skin cancer.
Article in British journal of cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Does month of birth influence colorectal cancer prognosis?Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Observational
- Effect of Time (Season, Surgical Starting Time, Waiting Time) on Patients with Gastric Cancer.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Birth month and risk of skin tumors-Follow up of six million Caucasians born from 1950 to 2014 in Sweden.Cancer medicine · 2020Article
- Multifactorial analysis of the stochastic epigenetic variability in cord blood confirmed an impact of common behavioral and environmental factors but not of in vitro conception.Clinical epigenetics · 2018Article
- Is Month of Birth a Risk Factor for Colorectal Cancer?Gastroenterology research and practice · 2017Article
- Seasonal Variation in Skin Cancer Diagnosis.Frontiers in public health · 2016Article
- Seasonal variation in diagnosis of invasive cutaneous melanoma in Eastern England and Scotland.Cancer epidemiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundMonth of birth influences the risk of developing several diseases. We investigated the influence of date of birth on melanoma skin cancer (MSC) and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) incidence.
methodsEnhanced cancer registry data were analysed including 1751 MSC and 15 200 NMSC.
resultsPeople born in February to April showed significantly elevated risks of NMSC compared with those born in summertime.
conclusionsWe demonstrated seasonality by date of birth for skin cancer incidence. Neonatal UV exposure may explain this finding.
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