The association between sex and most childhood cancers is not mediated by birthweight

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2018, Pages 7-12

  Williams, Lindsay A ^a   Richardson, Michaela ^a   Kehm, Rebecca D ^b   McLaughlin, Colleen C ^c   Mueller, Beth A ^d   Chow, Eric J ^d   Spector, Logan G ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Childhood cancer; Mediation analysis; Sex disparity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD TUMOR; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL EMBRYONAL TUMOR; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CARCINOMA; NEOPLASM; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85053510090     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2018.09.002     Document Type: Article

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