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Rashti R, Ghasemi F, Poorolajal J. Association between birth weight and risk of nonneurological childhood cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Cancer Prev 2024:00008469-990000000-00148. [PMID: 38837193 DOI: 10.1097/cej.0000000000000894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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OBJECTIVES This systematic review aims to synthesize the available literature to determine the association between birthweight and the risk of nonneurological childhood cancers. METHODS We conducted a systematic search of PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases up to May 2023 to identify observational studies. Heterogeneity between studies was evaluated using the I2 statistics. Publication bias was assessed using Begg and Egger tests. We calculated the odds ratio (OR) or risk ratio (RR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) using a random-effects model. RESULTS Of 11 034 studies retrieved from the search, 56 studies (including 10 568 091 participants) were eligible. The ORs (95% CI) of low (<2500 g) versus normal birthweight (2500-4000 g) and childhood cancers were as follows: leukemia, 0.92 (0.77-1.11); acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 0.82 (0.72-0.94); acute myeloid leukemia, 0.98 (0.77-1.24); lymphoma, 0.99 (0.47-2.10); Hodgkin, 0.79 (0.61-1.03); non-Hodgkin, 0.85 (0.60-1.20); neuroblastoma, 1.34 (1.14-1.58); retinoblastoma, 0.95 (0.68-1.32); rhabdomyosarcoma, 0.86 (0.61-1.20); embryonal, 0.97 (0.66-1.43); alveolar, 1.92 (0.43-8.51); and Wilms tumor, 1.01 (0.83-1.24). The ORs (95% CI) of high (>4000 g) versus normal birthweight and childhood cancers were as follows: leukemia, 1.30 (1.18-1.42); acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 1.27 (1.16-1.39); acute myeloid leukemia, 1.13 (0.98-1.30); lymphoma, 1.69 (0.72-3.94); Hodgkin, 1.22 (1.02-1.46); non-Hodgkin, 1.22 (0.80-1.86); neuroblastoma, 1.20 (1.02-1.41); retinoblastoma, 1.17 (0.93-1.48); rhabdomyosarcoma, 1.07 (0.90-1.27); embryonal, 1.22 (1.00-1.49); alveolar, 1.02 (0.46-2.27); and Wilms tumor, 1.49 (1.34-1.67). CONCLUSION This meta-analysis identified high birth weight as a potential risk factor for some childhood cancers, while low birth weight might be protective against a few.
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- Roya Rashti
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
- Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
- Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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Orimoloye HT, Hu YH, Federman N, Ritz B, Arah OA, Li CY, Lee PC, Heck JE. Effects of hypertension and use of antihypertensive drugs in pregnancy on the risks of childhood cancers in Taiwan. Cancer Causes Control 2024:10.1007/s10552-024-01864-6. [PMID: 38557933 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-024-01864-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND Childhood cancers are associated with high mortality and morbidity, and some maternal prescription drug use during pregnancy has been implicated in cancer risk. There are few studies on the effects of hypertension, preeclampsia, and the use of antihypertensives in pregnancy on children's cancer risks. OBJECTIVE This population-based cohort study analyzed the relationship between hypertension, preeclampsia, and antihypertensives taken during pregnancy and the risks of childhood cancers in the offspring. METHODS Data on all children born in Taiwan between 2004 and 2015 (N = 2,294,292) were obtained from the Maternal and Child Health Database. This registry was linked with the National Health Insurance Database and Cancer Registry to get the records of maternal use of diuretics or other antihypertensives in pregnancy and records of children with cancer diagnosed before 13 years. We used Cox proportional hazard modeling to estimate the influence of maternal health conditions and antihypertensive drug exposure on the risks of developing childhood cancers. RESULTS Offspring of mothers with hypertension (chronic or gestational) had a higher risk of acute lymphocytic lymphoma [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.87, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 1.32 - 2.65] and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (HR = 1.96, 95% CI 1.34 - 2.86). We estimated only a weak increased cancer risk in children whose mothers used diuretics (HR = 1.16, 95% CI 0.77 - 1.74) or used antihypertensives other than diuretics (HR = 1.15, 95% CI 0.86 - 1.54) before birth. CONCLUSIONS In this cohort study, children whose mothers had chronic and gestational hypertension had an increased risk of developing childhood cancer.
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- Helen T Orimoloye
- College of Health and Public Service, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Statistics and Data Science, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Research Unit for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
- Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
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- College of Health and Public Service, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hjorth S, Hemmingsen CH, Bénévent J, Broe A, Pottegaard A, Mørch LS, Leinonen MK, Kjaer SK, Hargreave M, Nordeng H. Maternal Medication Use and Childhood Cancer in Offspring-Systematic Review and Considerations for Researchers. Am J Epidemiol 2021; 190:2487-2499. [PMID: 34017981 PMCID: PMC8561129 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwab154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cancer is an important cause of childhood mortality, yet the etiology is largely unknown. A combination of pre- and postnatal factors is thought to be implicated, including maternal medication use. We aimed to provide: 1) a systematic review of peer-reviewed publications on associations between maternal medication use and childhood cancer, with a focus on study design and methodology; and 2) suggestions for how to increase transparency, limit potential biases, and improve comparability in studies on maternal medication use and childhood cancer. We conducted a systematic search in the PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane, and Web of Science databases to June 8, 2020. Altogether, 112 studies were identified. The reviewed studies were heterogeneous in study design, exposure, and outcome classification. In 21 studies (19%), the outcome was any childhood cancer. Of the 91 papers that reported on specific types of cancer, 62% did not report the cancer classification system. The most frequently investigated medication groups were sex hormones (46 studies, excluding fertility medications), and antiinfectives (37 studies). Suggestions for strengthening future pharmacoepidemiologic studies on maternal medication use and childhood cancer relate to choice of cancer classification system, exposure windows, and methods for identification of, and control for, potential confounders.
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- Sarah Hjorth
- Correspondence to Sarah Hjorth, PharmacoEpidemiology and Drug Safety Research Group, Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Postboks 1068 Blindern 0316 Oslo, Norway (e-mail: )
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Magnusson Å, Laivuori H, Loft A, Oldereid NB, Pinborg A, Petzold M, Romundstad LB, Söderström-Anttila V, Bergh C. The Association Between High Birth Weight and Long-Term Outcomes-Implications for Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:675775. [PMID: 34249812 PMCID: PMC8260985 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.675775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background: Studies have shown that the prevalence of children born with high birth weight or large for gestational age (LGA) is increasing. This is true for spontaneous pregnancies; however, children born after frozen embryo transfer (FET) as part of assisted reproductive technology (ART) also have an elevated risk. In recent years, the practice of FET has increased rapidly and while the perinatal and obstetric risks are well-studied, less is known about the long-term health consequences. Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to describe the association between high birth weight and LGA on long-term child outcomes. Data Sources: PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched up to January 2021. Exposure included high birth weight and LGA. Long-term outcome variables included malignancies, psychiatric disorders, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Study Selection: Original studies published in English or Scandinavian languages were included. Studies with a control group were included while studies published as abstracts and case reports were excluded. Data Extraction: The methodological quality, in terms of risk of bias, was assessed by pairs of reviewers. Robins-I (www.methods.cochrane.org) was used for risk of bias assessment in original articles. For systematic reviews, AMSTAR (www.amstar.ca) was used. For certainty of evidence, we used the GRADE system. The systematic review followed PRISMA guidelines. When possible, meta-analyses were performed. Results: The search included 11,767 articles out of which 173 met the inclusion criteria and were included in the qualitative analysis, while 63 were included in quantitative synthesis (meta-analyses). High birth weight and/or LGA was associated with low to moderately elevated risks for certain malignancies in childhood, breast cancer, several psychiatric disorders, hypertension in childhood, and type 1 and 2 diabetes. Conclusions: Although the increased risks for adverse outcome in offspring associated with high birth weight and LGA represent serious health effects in childhood and in adulthood, the size of these effects seems moderate. The identified risk association should, however, be taken into account in decisions concerning fresh and frozen ART cycles and is of general importance in view of the increasing prevalence in high birthweight babies.
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- Åsa Magnusson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.,Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Fertility Clinic, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Fertility Clinic, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Swedish National Data Service & Health Metrics Unit, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Spiren Fertility Clinic, Trondheim, Norway.,Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Doganis D, Katsimpris A, Panagopoulou P, Bouka P, Bouka E, Moschovi M, Polychronopoulou S, Papakonstantinou E, Tragiannidis A, Katzilakis N, Dana H, Antoniadi K, Stefanaki K, Strantzia K, Dessypris N, Schüz J, Petridou ET. Maternal lifestyle characteristics and Wilms tumor risk in the offspring: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiol 2020; 67:101769. [PMID: 32659726 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2020.101769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the etiology of childhood Wilms tumor (WT) and potentially modifiable maternal risk factors, in particular. METHODS Unpublished data derived from the hospital-based, case-control study of the Greek Nationwide Registry for Childhood Hematological Malignancies and Solid Tumors (NARECHEM-ST) were included in an ad hoc conducted systematic literature review and meta-analyses examining the association between modifiable maternal lifestyle risk factors and WT. Eligible data were meta-analysed in separate strands regarding the associations of WT with (a) maternal folic acid and/or vitamins supplementation, (b) alcohol consumption and (c) smoking during pregnancy. The quality of eligible studies was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. RESULTS Effect estimates from 72 cases and 72 age- and sex-matched controls contributed by NARECHEM-ST were meta-analysed together with those of another 17, mainly medium size, studies of ecological, case-control and cohort design. Maternal intake of folic acid and/or other vitamins supplements during pregnancy was inversely associated with WT risk (6 studies, OR: 0.78; 95 %CI: 0.69-0.89, I2 = 5.4 %); of similar size was the association for folic acid intake alone (4 studies, OR: 0.79; 95 %CI: 0.69-0.91, I2 = 0.0 %), derived mainly from ecological studies. In the Greek study a positive association (OR: 5.31; 95 %CI: 2.00-14.10) was found for mothers who consumed alcohol only before pregnancy vs. never drinkers whereas in the meta-analysis of the four homogeneous studies examining the effect of alcohol consumption during pregnancy the respective overall result showed an OR: 1.60 (4 studies, 95 %CI: 1.28-2.01, I2 = 0.0 %). Lastly, no association was seen with maternal smoking during pregnancy (14 studies, OR: 0.93; 95 %CI: 0.80-1.09, I2 = 0.0 %). CONCLUSIONS In the largest to-date meta-analysis, there was an inverse association of maternal folic acid or vitamins supplementation with WT risk in the offspring, derived mainly from ecological studies. The association with maternal alcohol consumption found in our study needs to be further explored whereas no association with maternal smoking was detected. Given the proven benefits for other health conditions, recommendations regarding folic acid supplementation as well as smoking and alcohol cessation should apply. The maternal alcohol consumption associations, however, should be further explored given the inherent limitations in the assessment of exposures of the published studies.
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- Dimitrios Doganis
- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; Oncology Department, "P & A Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; 4th Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Agia Sofia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, "Agia Sofia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Hematology-Oncology Unit, 2nd Pediatric Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Crete, University of Crete General Hospital, Heraklion, Greece
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Department, "Mitera" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, "Agia Sofia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Pathology Laboratory, "P & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Section of Environment and Radiation, Lyon, France
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Lupo PJ, Spector LG. Cancer Progress and Priorities: Childhood Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020; 29:1081-1094. [DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-19-0941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Rios P, Bauer H, Schleiermacher G, Pasqualini C, Boulanger C, Thebaud E, Gandemer V, Pellier I, Verschuur A, Sudour-Bonnange H, Coulomb-l'Hermine A, Spiegel A, Notz-Carrere A, Bergeron C, Orsi L, Lacour B, Clavel J. Environmental exposures related to parental habits in the perinatal period and the risk of Wilms' tumor in children. Cancer Epidemiol 2020; 66:101706. [PMID: 32247207 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2020.101706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Wilms' tumor is the most frequently diagnosed renal tumor in children. Little is known about its etiology. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of specific exposures related to parental habits such as parental smoking, maternal alcohol consumption and the use of household pesticides during pregnancy. METHODS The ESTELLE study was a nationwide case-control study that included 117 Wilms' tumor cases and 1100 control children from the general French population, frequency-matched by age and gender. Unconditional logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals. RESULTS After controlling for matching variables and potential confounders, the maternal use of any type of pesticide during pregnancy was associated with the risk of Wilms' tumor in children (OR 1.6 [95 % CI 1.1-2.3]). Insecticides were the most commonly reported type of pesticide and there was a positive association with their use (OR 1.7 [95 % CI 1.1-2.6]. The association was stronger when they were used more often than once a month (OR 1.9 [95 % CI 1.2-3.0]. Neither maternal smoking during pregnancy nor paternal smoking during preconception/pregnancy was associated with a risk of Wilms' tumor (ORs 1.1[95 % CI 0.7-1.8] and 1.1 [95 % CI 0.7-1.7], respectively). No association was observed with maternal alcohol intake during pregnancy (OR 1.2 [95 % CI 0.8-2.0]). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest an association between the maternal use of household pesticides during pregnancy and the risk of Wilms' tumor.
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- Paula Rios
- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France.
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- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France
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- Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, Child and Adolescent Oncology Department, Villejuif, France
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- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France
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- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France; National Registry of Childhood Cancers, APHP, CHU Paul Brousse, Villejuif and CHU de Nancy, France
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- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France; National Registry of Childhood Cancers, APHP, CHU Paul Brousse, Villejuif and CHU de Nancy, France
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Bauer H, Rios P, Schleiermacher G, Valteau-Couanet D, Bertozzi AI, Thebaud E, Gandemer V, Pellier I, Verschuur A, Spiegel A, Notz-Carrere A, Bergeron C, Orsi L, Lacour B, Clavel J. Maternal and perinatal characteristics, congenital malformations and the risk of wilms tumor: the ESTELLE study. Cancer Causes Control 2020; 31:491-501. [PMID: 32144681 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-020-01288-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Wilms tumor (WT), or nephroblastoma, is an embryonic tumor that constitutes the most common renal tumor in children. Little is known about the etiology of WT. The aim of this study was to investigate whether maternal or perinatal characteristics were associated with the risk of WT. METHODS The ESTELLE study is a national-based case-control study that included 117 cases of WT and 1,100 controls younger than 11 years old. The cases were children diagnosed in France in 2010-2011 and the controls were frequency matched with cases by age and gender. The mothers of case and control children responded to a telephone questionnaire addressing sociodemographic and perinatal characteristics, childhood environment, and lifestyle. Unconditional logistic regression models adjusted on potential cofounders were used to estimate the odds ratios (OR) and their confidence intervals (95% CI). RESULTS High birth weight and the presence of congenital malformation were associated with WT (OR 1.9 [95% CI 1.0-3.7] and OR 2.5 [95% CI 1.1-5.8], respectively). No association with breastfeeding or folic acid supplementation was observed. CONCLUSIONS Although potential recall bias cannot be excluded, our findings reinforce the hypothesis that high birth weight and the presence of congenital malformation may be associated with an increased risk of WT. Further investigations are needed to further elucidate the possible role of maternal characteristics in the etiology of WT.
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- Hélène Bauer
- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France
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- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France.
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- Children and Adolescent Cancerology Department, Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France
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- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France.,National Registry of Childhood Cancers, APHP, CHU Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.,CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France
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- CRESS, UMR1153, INSERM, Université de Paris, Villejuif, France.,National Registry of Childhood Cancers, APHP, CHU Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.,CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France
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Stefan C, Bray F, Ferlay J, Liu B, Maxwell Parkin D. Cancer of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa. Ecancermedicalscience 2017; 11:755. [PMID: 28900468 PMCID: PMC5574662 DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Measurement of incidence rates of childhood cancer in Africa is difficult. The study 'Cancer of Childhood in sub Saharan Africa' brings together results from 16 population-based registries which, as members of the African Cancer Registry Network (AFCRN), have been evaluated as achieving adequate coverage of their target population. The cancers are classified according to the third revision of the International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC-3) and recorded rates in Africa are compared with those in childhood populations in the UK, France, and the USA. It is clear that, in many centres, lack of adequate diagnostic and treatment facilities leads to under-diagnosis (and enumeration) of leukaemias and brain cancers. However, for several childhood cancers, incidence rates in Africa are higher than those in high-income countries. This applies to infection-related cancers such as Kaposi sarcoma, Burkitt lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and hepatocellular carcinoma, and also to two common embryonal cancers - retinoblastoma and nephroblastoma. These (and other) observations are unlikely to be artefact, and are of considerable interest when considering possible aetiological factors, including ethnic differences in risk (and hence genetic/familial antecedents). The data reported are the most extensive so far available on the incidence of cancer in sub Saharan Africa, and clearly indicate the need for more resources to be devoted to cancer registration, especially in the childhood age range, as part of an overall programme to improve the availability of diagnosis and treatment of this group of cancers, many of which have-potentially-an excellent prognosis.
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- Cristina Stefan
- Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, Republic of South Africa
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- Section of Cancer Surveillance, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Section of Cancer Surveillance, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- African Cancer Registry Network, INCTR, Prama House, 267 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7HT, UK
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- African Cancer Registry Network, INCTR, Prama House, 267 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7HT, UK
- CTSU, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
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Rumrich IK, Viluksela M, Vähäkangas K, Gissler M, Surcel HM, Hänninen O. Maternal Smoking and the Risk of Cancer in Early Life - A Meta-Analysis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0165040. [PMID: 27824869 PMCID: PMC5100920 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In spite of the well-known harmful effects on the fetus, many women continue smoking during pregnancy. Smoking as an important source of toxic chemicals may contribute to the developmental origin of diseases. OBJECTIVES The aim of this work was to pursue the possible association between maternal smoking and cancer in early life. Specifically, we wanted to identify the associated early life cancer types, and to quantify the associations. METHODS In a systematic literature search 825 articles were identified in PubMed and Web of Science, and 55 more through the reference lists. Of these 62 fulfilled the criteria for inclusion in meta-analyses. Using Mantel-Haenszel or DerSimonian and Laird method, depending on heterogeneity of the studies, pooled estimates and 95% confidence intervals for eight cancer types were calculated. RESULTS Smoking during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk for for brain and central nervous system tumors (OR = 1.09; 95% CI = 1.02-1.17). Although the risk for lymphoma was also associated (OR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1.05-1.34), it did not hold up in subgroup analyses. Leukemia was not found to be associated with maternal smoking. Five other cancer types (bone, soft tissue, renal, hepatic, and germ cell cancer) were also examined, but the number of studies was too limited to exclude the possibility of maternal smoking as a risk factor for cancer in offspring. CONCLUSIONS According to our meta-analyses, maternal smoking is associated with nervous system cancers, but not with leukemia in early life. Confirming or rejecting associations of maternal smoking with lymphoma and the five other cancer types requires further studies.
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- Isabell Katharina Rumrich
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Health Protection, National Institute of Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Health Protection, National Institute of Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Pharmacy/Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Finland
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- Department of Information Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Family Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Health Protection, National Institute of Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Health Protection, National Institute of Health and Welfare, Kuopio, Finland
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Multiple meningiomas in a woman irradiated in utero. J Clin Neurosci 2016; 33:225-227. [PMID: 27612673 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Meningiomas are a common central nervous system tumour and radiation is a known risk factor for their development. In utero radiation exposure correlates to developmental abnormalities and carcinogenesis in a dose- and gestational age-related manner. Radiation induced meningioma has been reported in detail in the literature in patients who had been irradiated earlier in life. At the time of publication, there was no data on radiation exposure whilst in utero and meningioma. We report on a 42-year-old woman with multiple intracranial meningiomas and no other risk factors except a history of in utero exposure to low dose X-ray radiation at 12weeks gestational age.
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Blijdorp K, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Pieters R, Pluijm SMF, Wagner A, Segers H, van der Lely AJ, Neggers SJCMM. Final height and IGF1 in adult survivors of Wilms tumour. Eur J Endocrinol 2013; 169:445-51. [PMID: 23892354 DOI: 10.1530/eje-13-0297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE One-sided nephrectomy is followed by increased levels of IGF1, associated with linear growth during childhood. The aim was to evaluate final height and IGF1 levels in nephrectomized Wilms tumour survivors when compared with healthy Dutch references and survivors of other cancer types. DESIGN Cross-sectional retrospective study. METHODS Data of 575 adult childhood cancer survivors were analysed. median follow-up time was 17.8 (range 5.048.8) years. Analysis of (co)variance was performed to evaluate differences between subgroups: nephrectomized Wilms survivors treated with or without abdominal irradiation (n=41 and n=36) and survivors of other cancer types treated with or without irradiation involving the cranium, abdomen or total body (n=149 and n=349). Main outcome measures were IGF1 and height, expressed as SDS. RESULTS After adjustment for age at diagnosis, former corticosteroid treatment and renal impairment, height SDS in non-irradiated nephrectomized Wilms survivors was significantly higher than that in non-irradiated survivors of other cancer types (estimated mean SDS -0.09 vs -0.49, P=0.044), abdominal irradiated survivors (SDS -0.70, P=0.015) and other irradiated survivors (SDS -1.47, P<0.001). Non-irradiated nephrectomized Wilms tumour survivors had significantly higher IGF1 SDS than other irradiated survivors (estimated mean SDS -0.05 vs -1.36, P<0.001 and 0.11 vs 1.37, P<0.001), while there was no significant difference with the other two subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Adult survivors of Wilms tumour showed better attainment of final height and relatively higher IGF1 levels than those of other cancer types who had significantly shorter stature and lower IGF1 levels than Dutch references.
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- K Blijdorp
- Department of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, PO Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Mostafalou S, Abdollahi M. Pesticides and human chronic diseases: evidences, mechanisms, and perspectives. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2013; 268:157-77. [PMID: 23402800 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 594] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Revised: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Along with the wide use of pesticides in the world, the concerns over their health impacts are rapidly growing. There is a huge body of evidence on the relation between exposure to pesticides and elevated rate of chronic diseases such as different types of cancers, diabetes, neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson, Alzheimer, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), birth defects, and reproductive disorders. There is also circumstantial evidence on the association of exposure to pesticides with some other chronic diseases like respiratory problems, particularly asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular disease such as atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease, chronic nephropathies, autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematous and rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and aging. The common feature of chronic disorders is a disturbance in cellular homeostasis, which can be induced via pesticides' primary action like perturbation of ion channels, enzymes, receptors, etc., or can as well be mediated via pathways other than the main mechanism. In this review, we present the highlighted evidence on the association of pesticide's exposure with the incidence of chronic diseases and introduce genetic damages, epigenetic modifications, endocrine disruption, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response (UPR), impairment of ubiquitin proteasome system, and defective autophagy as the effective mechanisms of action.
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- Sara Mostafalou
- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Over 50% of the adult population will use hair dyes at some point in their lifetimes. Hair dyes consist of various chemicals and the composition of these chemicals vary by hair dye types. Chemicals p-phenylenediamine and aminophenyl have been suggested as possible carcinogens or mutagens in experimental studies. The scientific community has been interested in this potential public health impact and the results of published epidemiological studies are summarized here. The current evidence provides limited evidences on the association between personal hair dye use and human cancer risk, except for the possibility of hematopoietic cancers and to a lesser extent, bladder cancer. Risk appears to be affected by time period of use and by specific genetic polymorphisms. Future studies should investigate potential gene and environment interaction to assess possible genetic susceptibility. Several methodological issues should also be considered in future studies including completed hair dye use information such as on timing, duration, frequency and type of hair dye product use.
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- Yawei Zhang
- Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Callan AC, Milne E. Involvement of the IGF system in fetal growth and childhood cancer: an overview of potential mechanisms. Cancer Causes Control 2011; 20:1783-98. [PMID: 19533389 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9378-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2009] [Accepted: 06/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fetal growth is determined by a complex interplay of genetic, nutritional, environmental, and hormonal factors. Greater than expected fetal growth has been positively associated with the risk of the development of some cancers in childhood, particularly acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and the biological mechanisms underlying such associations are thought to involve insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). Circulating IGF levels are highly correlated with fetal growth, and IGFs are believed to play an important role in carcinogenesis; however, these two bodies of evidence have not been well integrated and, as a result, the potential underlying biological mechanisms linking the IGF system with the development of specific childhood cancers have not been elucidated. This review aims to draw together and summarize the literature linking the IGF system, rapidity of fetal growth, and risk of some specific childhood cancers; suggest explanations for some of the inconsistencies observed in previous studies of these associations; and propose an integrated framework for the putative involvement of the IGF system in the development of at least some childhood cancers. If the challenges involved in studying the complex IGF system can be overcome, this field presents an exciting opportunity to elucidate etiological pathways to childhood malignancies.
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- Anna Carita Callan
- Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, PO Box 855, West Perth, WA 6872, Australia.
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Schüz J, Schmidt LS, Kogner P, Lähteenmäki PM, Pal N, Stokland T, Schmiegelow K. Birth characteristics and Wilms tumors in children in the Nordic countries: a register-based case-control study. Int J Cancer 2011; 128:2166-73. [PMID: 20607831 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Little is known about causes of Wilms tumor. Because of the young age at diagnosis, several studies have looked at various birth characteristics. We conducted a registry-based case-control study involving 690 cases of Wilms tumor aged 0-14 years, occurring in Denmark, Finland, Norway or Sweden during 1985-2006, individually matched to five controls drawn randomly from the Nordic childhood population. Information on birth characteristics was obtained from the population-based medical birth registries. We estimated odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using conditional logistic regression analysis. We observed a distinct association between Wilms tumor and high birth weight (≥4 kg) for girls (OR 1.97, CI 1.50-2.59) but not for boys (1.04, 0.78-1.38); overall, the OR was 1.43 (1.17-1.74). Among girls, risk increased by 28% (15-42%) per 500 g increase in birth weight. Large-for-gestational age girls also had a higher risk (2.48, 1.51-4.05), whereas no effect was seen for boys (1.12, 0.60-2.07). An association was seen with Apgar score at 5 min < 7 for both sexes combined (5.13, 2.55-10.3). ORs close to unity were seen for parental age and birth order. In our large-scale, registry-based study, we confirmed earlier observations of an association between high birth weight and risk of Wilms tumor, but we found an effect only in girls. The higher risk of infants with low Apgar score might reflect hypoxia causing cell damage, adverse side effects of neonatal treatment or reverse causation as low Apgar score might indicate the presence of a tumor.
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- Joachim Schüz
- Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Chu A, Heck JE, Ribeiro KB, Brennan P, Boffetta P, Buffler P, Hung RJ. Wilms' tumour: a systematic review of risk factors and meta-analysis. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2010; 24:449-69. [PMID: 20670226 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01133.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Wilms' tumour comprises 95% of all renal cancers among children less than 15 years of age. The purpose of this review is to examine the existing literature on perinatal and environmental risk factors for Wilms' tumour. A search for epidemiological studies that examined risk factors for Wilms' tumour was undertaken in Medline, LILACS, ISI Web of Science and Dissertation Abstracts. A total of 37 studies, including 14 cohort, 21 case-control and 2 case-cohort studies, were identified that examined environmental and perinatal risk factors. Most studies were from Western Europe and North America, and among case-control studies, 16 used randomly selected population-based controls. We observed a significantly increased risk of Wilms' tumour with maternal exposure to pesticides prior to the child's birth (OR = 1.37 [95% CI 1.09, 1.73]), high birthweight (OR = 1.36 [95% CI 1.12, 1.64]) and preterm birth (OR = 1.44 [95% CI 1.14, 1.81]), although the results regarding pesticide exposure may be subject to publication bias (Egger's test, P = 0.09). Further analyses to adjust for the heterogeneity in the results for high birthweight and preterm birth did not statistically change the significance of the results. Additionally, an increased though not statistically significant risk of Wilms' tumour was associated with maternal hypertension (OR = 1.30 [95% CI 0.99, 1.72]), and, compared with the first born, being a second or later birth was associated with a significantly decreased risk (OR = 0.82 [95% CI 0.71, 0.95]). This review suggests a role for several perinatal and environmental risk factors in the aetiology of Wilms' tumour.
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- Anna Chu
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and Wilms tumor in childhood: the role of birth weight. Eur J Pediatr 2010; 169:875-81. [PMID: 20101509 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1139-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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There is emerging evidence that higher birth weight is associated with increased risk of cancer, in particular childhood leukemia. The purpose of this paper is to study whether this correlation is also significant with other childhood cancer. For this, we conducted a case-control study including 410 childhood cancer patients and 1,575 matched controls to investigate birth weight as a risk factor for leukemia, Wilms tumor, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The estimated risk for all cancers has been found to be statistically and significantly higher in birth weight of more than 4,000 g (odds ratio, 2.50 and 95% confidence intervals (CI), 1.72-3.63). For leukemia, the estimated risk was 1.86 (95% CI, 1.04-3.30), for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 1.99 (95% CI, 1.08-3.69), and being more remarkable for Wilms tumor, 4.76 (95% CI, 2.73-8.28). Moreover, moderate increased risk of both leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma was also associated with birth weight between 3,000 and 3,999 g. High birth weight was associated with all cancers also when adjusted by gestational age, length at birth, and gender (odds ratio, 6.10 and 95% CI, 1.15-32.57). No associations were found for maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy, maternal smoking, or smoking by other people at home or presence of obstetric variables (e.g., gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and abruptio placentae). The present study supports the hypothesis that high birth weight is an independent risk factor for childhood Wilms tumor, leukemia, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Further studies should explore biological reasons to explain this relationship and, ultimately, to expand our knowledge about prenatal influences on the occurrence of this disease.
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Spector LG, Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Von Behren J, Mueller BA. Cancer risk among children with very low birth weights. Pediatrics 2009; 124:96-104. [PMID: 19564288 PMCID: PMC2704984 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The risk of hepatoblastoma is strongly increased among children with very low birth weight (<1500 g). Because data on very low birth weight and other childhood cancers are sparse, we examined the risk of malignancy with very low birth weight in a large data set. METHODS We combined case-control data sets created by linking the cancer and birth registries of California, Minnesota, New York, Texas, and Washington states, which included 17672 children diagnosed as having cancer at 0 to 14 years of age and 57966 randomly selected control subjects. Unconditional logistic regression analysis was used to examine the association of cancer with very low birth weight and moderately low birth weight (1500-1999 g and 2000-2499 g, respectively), compared with moderate/high birth weight (>or=2500 g), with adjustment for gender, gestational age, birth order, plurality, maternal age, maternal race, state, and year of birth. RESULTS Most childhood cancers were not associated with low birth weights. However, retinoblastomas and gliomas other than astrocytomas and ependymomas were possibly associated with very low birth weight. The risk of other gliomas was also increased among children weighing 1500 to 1999 g at birth. CONCLUSIONS These data suggested no association between most cancers and very low birth weight, with the exception of the known association of hepatoblastoma and possibly moderately increased risks of other gliomas and retinoblastoma, which may warrant confirmation.
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- Logan G. Spector
- Division of Epidemiology/Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology/Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center
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- Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center
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- Division of Epidemiology/Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
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Methylentetrahydrofolate reductase C677T genotype was assessed in 35 patients of both sexes aged between 3.2 and 5.4 years affected by Wilms tumor (WT) and in 70 random controls. Statistical analysis was performed comparing frequency of WT methylentetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes with 70 controls and a larger Italian population. The homozygous TT and heterozygous CT genotypes were associated with a significantly higher frequency of WT than CC genotype. By reducing tissue folate concentrations and inducing hypomethylation both TT and CT genotypes could be risk factors for WT (odds ratio >1).
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Goel R, Olshan AF, Ross JA, Breslow NE, Pollock BH. Maternal exposure to medical radiation and Wilms tumor in the offspring: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer Causes Control 2009; 20:957-63. [PMID: 19199107 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9302-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study examined the association between pre-conception and in utero maternal medical radiation exposure and Wilms tumor, using data from a large population-based case-control study. METHODS Cases were identified from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group. Controls were identified by random digit dialing and frequency matched to child's age and geographic area of residence in the United States and Canada. Interview data from 512 cases and 509 controls were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for Wilms tumor and exposure to: (1) maternal X-ray alone and; (2) all medical radiation types (X-ray, CT, RT, Nuclear scans, Fluoroscopy) combined, for the period from two years before conception until child birth were estimated after adjustment for age, geographic area, maternal education, and household income. RESULTS We found no consistent association between the risk of Wilms tumor and either maternal X-ray exposure (OR 0.9, 95% CI 0.7-1.3) or all medical radiation types combined (OR 0.9, 95% CI 0.7-1.2). No meaningful associations were seen for analysis of gonadal or non-gonadal radiation exposure. CONCLUSION Our study did not find any consistent pattern of association between Wilms tumor and maternal radiation exposure during pre-pregnancy or pregnancy period. In view of the negative findings from the largest case control study of this question to date, the reduced doses of biological radiation during pregnancy, and the requirements for an improved study design, we believe that future studies of this exposure may not be a priority for research on Wilms tumor.
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- Ruchika Goel
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Linet MS, Kim KP, Rajaraman P. Children's exposure to diagnostic medical radiation and cancer risk: epidemiologic and dosimetric considerations. Pediatr Radiol 2009; 39 Suppl 1:S4-26. [PMID: 19083224 PMCID: PMC2814780 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-1026-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2008] [Accepted: 09/19/2008] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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While the etiology of most childhood cancers is largely unknown, epidemiologic studies have consistently found an association between exposure to medical radiation during pregnancy and risk of childhood cancer in offspring. The relation between early life diagnostic radiation exposure and occurrence of pediatric cancer risks is less clear. This review summarizes current and historical estimated doses for common diagnostic radiologic procedures as well as the epidemiologic literature on the role of maternal prenatal, children's postnatal and parental preconception diagnostic radiologic procedures on subsequent risk of childhood malignancies. Risk estimates are presented according to factors such as the year of birth of the child, trimester and medical indication for the procedure, and the number of films taken. The paper also discusses limitations of the methods employed in epidemiologic studies to assess pediatric cancer risks, the effects on clinical practice of the results reported from the epidemiologic studies, and clinical and public health policy implications of the findings. Gaps in understanding and additional research needs are identified. Important research priorities include nationwide surveys to estimate fetal and childhood radiation doses from common diagnostic procedures, and epidemiologic studies to quantify pediatric and lifetime cancer risks from prenatal and early childhood exposures to diagnostic radiography, CT, and fluoroscopically guided procedures.
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- Martha S Linet
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7238, USA.
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McNally RJ, Bithell JF, Vincent TJ, Murphy MF. Space-time clustering of childhood cancer around the residence at birth. Int J Cancer 2009; 124:449-55. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Smith LL, Brent RL, Cohen SM, Doerrer NG, Goodman JI, Greim H, Holsapple MP, Lightfoot RM. Predicting Future Human and Environmental Health Challenges: The Health and Environmental Sciences Institute's Scientific Mapping Exercise. Crit Rev Toxicol 2008; 38:817-45. [DOI: 10.1080/10408440802486378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Daniels JL, Pan IJ, Olshan AF, Breslow NE, Bunin GR, Ross JA. Obstetric history and birth characteristics and Wilms tumor: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer Causes Control 2008; 19:1103-10. [PMID: 18509732 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9174-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2007] [Accepted: 04/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Previous epidemiologic studies have suggested that various pregnancy and birth characteristics may be associated with Wilms tumor, a childhood kidney tumor. We evaluated obstetric events and birth characteristics in relation to Wilms tumor using data from a large North American case-control study. Mothers of 521 children with Wilms tumor and 517 controls, frequency matched on child's age and geographic region, provided information about their labor and delivery history and their children's birth characteristics through a detailed computer-assisted telephone interviews. Most obstetric factors were not associated with Wilms tumor, but modest associations were observed for labor induction (OR: 1.4, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.1, 1.8), prenatal vaginal infection (OR: 1.8, 95% CI: 1.2, 2.8), and upper respiratory infection (OR: 1.5, 95% CI: 1.0, 2.4). Low (<2500 g) and high (>4500 g) birth weight and preterm delivery (<37 weeks completed gestation) were associated with an elevated risk of Wilms tumor, as was neonatal respiratory problems. The association for high birth weight was present only among children with perilobar nephrogenic rests (OR: 2.1, 95% CI: 1.2, 3.9), possibly distinguishing a specific association among a biologically distinct subgroup of Wilms tumor cases. The results of this large study did not support many of the earlier findings of smaller studies. However, additional investigations of the effects of certain obstetric and birth characteristics among more refined tumor subgroups may further our understanding of these factors in relation to Wilms tumor.
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- Julie L Daniels
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA.
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Puumala SE, Soler JT, Johnson KJ, Spector LG. Birth characteristics and Wilms tumor in Minnesota. Int J Cancer 2008; 122:1368-73. [PMID: 18033684 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wilms tumor (WT) is a childhood kidney cancer with the highest rate of occurrence before the age of 2. Since it is rare, previous research has been limited and few risk factors have been established. We used a case-cohort design to examine the influence of birth characteristics on occurrence of WT in Minnesota. A total of 2,188 cases of cancer diagnosed in children aged 28 days to 14 years from 1988 to 2004 were identified using the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System (MCSS). For each case, 4 children were randomly selected from Minnesota birth records during 1976-2004, frequency matched on birth year. Thus, a total of 8,752 children comprised the subcohort for the study, who in this analysis, served as comparison to the 138 cases of WT. Study variables included parental demographics, maternal pregnancy history and conditions and health and conditions of the child at birth. Associations with WT were assessed using hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) calculated from stratified Cox regression models. We found an increased risk of WT for children who were large for gestational age compared to those average for gestational age and for children with congenital abnormalities. There was also an increased risk for children with a birth weight > 4,000 g compared to those with a birth weight between 2,500 and 4,000 g. All other factors examined showed no association with WT. This study contributes to the mounting evidence that children with large size at birth have an increased risk of WT.
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- Susan E Puumala
- Division of Epidemiology/Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Jurewicz J, Hanke W. Exposure to pesticides and childhood cancer risk: has there been any progress in epidemiological studies? Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2007; 19:152-69. [PMID: 17252666 DOI: 10.2478/v10001-006-0024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES In Europe and the United States, cancer is a major cause of death among children aged 5-14 years. The role of environmental exposure to pesticides in carcinogenesis, although strongly postulated, is still unknown. Pesticides have been used since the early days of modern agriculture. They are biologically active compounds, which may pose health risk during or after their use. MATERIALS AND METHODS Epidemiological studies focused on childhood cancer and exposure to pesticides, conducted over the last seven years, were identified through searching PUBMED, MEDLINE and EBSCO literature bases. From each study, the following information was abstracted: type of cancer, type of exposure, study design, risk estimate, and study population. This review will try to answer the question on whether any further progress in epidemiology of childhood cancer due to pesticide exposure has been made. RESULTS Leukemia, brain cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and neuroblastoma are mentioned as potentially associated with pesticide exposure among children. Despite an increasing evidence in support of this finding, it is still limited because of the weakness of research methodology. The substantial weak points of numerous epidemiological studies of pesticide-related health effects are problems faced in exposure assessment, small numbers of exposed subjects, a limited number of studies focused on the majority of cancers, and difficulties in estimating critical windows of exposure. CONCLUSION In the light of existing, although still limited evidence of adverse effects of pesticide exposure, it is necessary to reduce exposure to pesticides. The literature review suggests a great need to increase awareness among people occupationally or environmentally exposed to pesticides about their potential negative influence on health of their children.
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- Joanna Jurewicz
- Department of Environmental Epdemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lódź, Poland.
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Cooney MA, Daniels JL, Ross JA, Breslow NE, Pollock BH, Olshan AF. Household pesticides and the risk of Wilms tumor. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2007; 115:134-7. [PMID: 17366833 PMCID: PMC1797847 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous epidemiologic studies have suggested that exposure to pesticides in utero and during early childhood may increase the risk for development of childhood cancer, including Wilms tumor, a childhood kidney tumor. OBJECTIVES In this analysis we evaluated the role of residential pesticide exposure in relation to the risk of Wilms tumor in children using data from a North American case-control study. METHODS The National Wilms Tumor Study Group (NWTSG) collected information on exposure to residential pesticides from the month before pregnancy through the diagnosis reference date using detailed phone interviews from 523 case mothers and 517 controls frequency matched on child's age and geographic region and identified by list-assisted random digit dialing. Pesticides were grouped according to type of pesticide and where they were used. RESULTS A slightly increased risk of Wilms tumor was found among children of mothers who reported insecticide use [odds ratio (OR) = 1.4, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.0-1.8; adjusted for education, income, and the matching variables]. Results from all other categories of pesticides were generally close to the null. CONCLUSIONS This study is the largest case-control study of Wilms tumor to date. We were unable to confirm earlier reports of an increased risk for Wilms tumor among those exposed to residential pesticides during pregnancy through early childhood.
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- Maureen A. Cooney
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Address correspondence to A.F. Olshan, Department of Epidemiology, CB#7435, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435 USA. Telephone: (919) 966-7424. Fax: (919) 966-2089. E-mail:
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Infante-Rivard C, El-Zein M. Parental alcohol consumption and childhood cancers: a review. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2007; 10:101-29. [PMID: 18074306 DOI: 10.1080/10937400601034597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The etiology of childhood cancers remains generally unknown. Given that the metabolites of alcohol are likely carcinogens and that leukemia, the most frequent childhood cancer, can arise in utero, the study of alcohol consumption as a potential risk factor for the development of childhood cancer is justified. This article summarizes the epidemiological evidence on the association between parental exposure to alcohol and the risk of childhood cancers. To do this, a thorough search of the literature from 1960 to 2003 using the PubMed database was carried out. It yielded 33 case-control studies published between 1982 and 2003, including 13 studies that considered paternal exposure in the preconceptional period. In 10 of the 33 studies at least 1 statistically significant risk increase was reported in relation with parental alcohol consumption; in 7 of these studies the increase was related to maternal consumption, whereas in 3 studies, it was related to paternal consumption. The cancers most often found associated with parental drinking were leukemia, brain tumors, and neuroblastoma. A few studies also reported a protective effect with maternal exposure at modest levels. Inconsistencies in the results and the low risks reported do not suggest an association between childhood cancer and parental consumption of alcohol. However, before reaching any definitive conclusions, methodological issues need to be addressed in future studies, as well as the role of genetic susceptibility. Moreover, subtypes of specific cancers need to be studied separately.
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- Claire Infante-Rivard
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Infante-Rivard C, Weichenthal S. Pesticides and childhood cancer: an update of Zahm and Ward's 1998 review. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2007; 10:81-99. [PMID: 18074305 DOI: 10.1080/10937400601034589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Children are exposed to pesticides through a number of sources, including residential and agricultural applications. Parental occupational exposure to pesticides is also a concern because exposures occurring during pregnancy and carry-home residues also contribute to children's cumulative burden. A number of epidemiological studies consistently reported increased risks between pesticide exposures and childhood leukemia, brain cancer, neuroblastoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Wilms' tumor, and Ewing's sarcoma. An extensive review of these studies was published in 1998 (Zahm & Ward, 1998). Fifteen case-control studies, 4 cohort studies, and 2 ecological studies have been published since this review, and 15 of these 21 studies reported statistically significant increased risks between either childhood pesticide exposure or parental occupational exposure and childhood cancer. Therefore, one can confidently state that there is at least some association between pesticide exposure and childhood cancer. However, an unambiguous mechanistic cause-and-effect relationship between pesticide exposure and childhood cancer was not demonstrated in these studies, and modifying factors such as genetic predisposition, rarely considered in the reviewed studies, likely play an important role. While the time window of exposure may be a crucial determinant for biological effects associated with pesticide exposure on children, studies have not contributed definitive information on the most vulnerable period. Accurate exposure assessment remains a challenge; future epidemiological studies need to assess gene-environment interactions and use improved exposure measures, including separate parental interviews, specific pesticide exposure questions, and semiquantitative exposure measures that can be used to confirm information obtained through questionnaires.
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- Claire Infante-Rivard
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Saddlemire S, Olshan AF, Daniels JL, Breslow NE, Bunin GR, Ross JA. Breast-feeding and Wilms tumor: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer Causes Control 2006; 17:687-93. [PMID: 16633916 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-0508-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Previous research has shown that breast-feeding offers many nutritional benefits to children including protection against infection and possibly a decreased risk of childhood cancer. We investigated the association between breast-feeding and Wilms tumor, a childhood kidney tumor. METHODS We used data from a large case-control study in the United States and Canada. Cases were children under age 16 years who were diagnosed with Wilms tumor from 1999 to 2002 and were participating in the National Wilms Tumor Study. Controls were identified by random-digit dialing and were age and region matched to cases. Mothers of 501 cases and 480 controls provided information on breast-feeding by telephone interviews. RESULTS Breast-feeding was associated with a reduced risk of Wilms tumor [adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 0.7; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.5-0.9]. Longer duration did not provide any additional reduction in risk. When stratified by maternal education, breast-feeding lowered risk among children whose mothers had less than a college education (OR = 0.6; 95% CI = 0.4-0.8) but not for mothers who had a college degree or more (OR = 1.1; 95% CI = 0.6-1.9). CONCLUSIONS The results of this study are suggestive of an association between breast-feeding and Wilms tumor, but further research is needed to confirm this relationship.
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- Stephanie Saddlemire
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, CB#7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, USA.
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Rollison DE, Helzlsouer KJ, Pinney SM. Personal hair dye use and cancer: a systematic literature review and evaluation of exposure assessment in studies published since 1992. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2006; 9:413-39. [PMID: 17492526 DOI: 10.1080/10937400600681455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Hair dyes are widely used, and permanent hair dye is the most commonly used type of product. Permanent hair dye colors are formed by an oxidative process involving arylamines, giving rise to concerns about the potential adverse health effects of long-term exposure, especially cancer. A 1993 International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) review concluded that evidence was inadequate to evaluate the carcinogenicity of personal hair dye use. This systematic review synthesizes the results from studies of personal hair dye use and cancer published since 1993, taking into consideration the quality of exposure assessment. Thirty-one English-language articles published in January 1992-February 2005 that investigated the association between personal hair dye use and cancer were identified through the PubMed search engine. Quality of exposure assessment was rated between 1+ (lowest quality: assessed ever use of hair dyes) and 4+ (highest quality: assessed dye type [permanent/nonpermanent], dye color/shade, frequency and duration of use). Because of the heterogeneity of the exposure assessment across the studies, a formal meta-analysis was not conducted. Associations between personal hair dye use and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, acute leukemia, and bladder cancer were observed in at least one well-designed study with detailed exposure assessment (rated 3+ or 4+), but were not consistently observed across studies. Results for bladder cancer studies suggest that subsets of the population may be genetically susceptible to hair dye exposures, but these findings are based on small subgroups in one well-designed case-control study. Replication of these findings is needed to determine whether the reported associations are real or spurious.
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- Dana E Rollison
- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Chen Z, Robison L, Giller R, Krailo M, Davis M, Gardner K, Davies S, Shu XO. Risk of childhood germ cell tumors in association with parental smoking and drinking. Cancer 2005; 103:1064-71. [PMID: 15685619 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND The etiology of childhood germ cell tumors (GCT) is not well understood. The Children's Oncology Group conducted the largest case-control study of childhood GCT to investigate whether parental exposures to smoking and alcohol contributed to the disease. METHODS Cases included 274 children with GCT diagnosed between January 1, 1993 and December 31, 2001 who were age <15 years. Controls (n=421) were selected by random digit dialing and were frequency matched based on gender, age (+/-1 year), and geographic area. Exposure information was collected from subjects' parents using independent telephone interviews and self-administrated questionnaires. RESULTS No association was found between parental smoking or drinking alcohol and risk of childhood GCT (for smoking: odds ratio [OR]=1.0, 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 0.8-1.3 and OR = 1.2, 95% CI, 0.9-1.5, for mothers and fathers, respectively; for drinking: OR=0.9, 95% CI, 0.7-1.2 and OR=1.0, 95% CI, 0.8-1.3, for mothers and fathers, respectively). No significant trend was observed for length of maternal exposure to passive smoking during the index pregnancy and GCT risk (for total subject: P=0.77; boys: P=0.52; girls: P=0.93). CONCLUSIONS The authors found no evidence that childhood GCT was related to prenatal exposure to parental cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, and maternal passive smoking.
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- Zhi Chen
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Ingram-Cancer Center and Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8300, USA
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Bunin GR. Nongenetic causes of childhood cancers: evidence from international variation, time trends, and risk factor studies. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2004; 199:91-103. [PMID: 15313582 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2003.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2003] [Accepted: 12/01/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ionizing radiation and a variety of genetic conditions are thought to explain 5-10% of childhood cancers. Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in parts of Africa and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increase the risk of Burkitt's lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma, respectively. Other risk factors have not been conclusively identified. A review of the data on international variation in incidence, recent changes in incidence, and risk factors suggests that many childhood cancers are likely to have nongenetic causes. The pattern of international variation and associations with surrogates of infection suggest an infectious etiology for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, although no agent has been identified. The biologic plausibility is strong that maternal consumption of food containing DNA topoisomerase II inhibitors may increase the risk of acute myeloid leukemia, although the data are limited now. For brain tumors, cured meats, polyomaviruses, and farm exposures may have etiologic roles. Changes in the incidence and characteristics of children with hepatoblastoma as well as risk factor studies suggest a role for an exposure of very low birth weight babies. High birth weight, tea or coffee consumption, and certain paternal occupations have shown some consistency in their association with Wilms' tumor. For most of the other cancers, very few epidemiologic studies have been conducted, so it is not surprising that nongenetic risk factors have not been detected. The most important difference between the cancers for which there are good etiologic clues and those for which there are not may be the number of relevant studies.
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- Greta R Bunin
- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Jepsen P, Olsen ML, Mellemkjaer L, Olsen JH, Sørensen HT. A registry-based study of gender, fetal growth, and risk of Wilms tumor. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2004; 21:435-9. [PMID: 15205087 DOI: 10.1080/08880010490457213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The possibility of an interaction between gender and fetal growth on the risk of Wilms tumor is poorly examined. Using nationwide population-based registries, the authors identified all children (N = 126) diagnosed with Wilms tumor in Denmark, 1973-1993, and selected 10 matched population controls per case. Data on birth weight, gestational age, and ponderal index were used to examine the association between gender, fetal growth, and risk of Wilms tumor. It was found that the risk of Wilms tumor increased with fetal growth in girls, but decreased with fetal growth in boys, although the findings did not reach statistical significance.
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- Peter Jepsen
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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BACKGROUND Because of suggestions that hypertension may increase the long-term risk of cancer, we assessed the relation between hypertension and malignancy. METHODS We conducted a MEDLINE search of English-language articles published between January 1966 and January 2000 using the terms hypertension or blood pressure, and neoplasm or cancer or malignancy. We reviewed prospective studies that reported cancer incidence or mortality in hypertensive and nonhypertensive patients, case-control studies that reported the prevalence of hypertension in cancer patients and controls, and references from identified articles. RESULTS We identified 10 longitudinal studies that evaluated the association between blood pressure and cancer mortality in 47 119 subjects. Subjects with hypertension experienced an increased rate of cancer mortality during durations of follow-up ranging 9 to 20 years, with an age- and smoking-adjusted pooled odds ratio of 1.23 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.11 to 1.36). In 13 case-control studies, including 6964 cases of renal cell cancer and 9181 controls, the adjusted odds ratio for renal cell cancer among hypertensive patients, relative to normotensive counterparts, was 1.75 (95% CI: 1.61 to 1.90). No clear association was found between hypertension and cancer of other sites. CONCLUSION Hypertension was associated with an increased risk of mortality from cancer, particularly renal cell carcinoma.
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- Ehud Grossman
- Department of Internal Medicine D (EG), Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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BACKGROUND Wilms tumor is one of the few pediatric cancers with well-defined familial and genetic components. The authors assessed the risk of early-onset cancers in first- and second-degree relatives of patients enrolled by the National Wilms Tumor Study Group. METHODS Using a stratified sampling scheme that targeted 530 families of patients who were believed a priori to have a genetic contribution to their disease, the authors conducted interviews regarding cancer occurrence in 4258 family members from 296 families of patients with Wilms tumor. Reports of malignant neoplasms that occurred before 55 years of age were confirmed by review of medical records wherever possible. A period of risk was defined for each family member based on calendar time and his or her relationship to the proband. RESULTS Ninety-nine cancers were observed, whereas 126.8 were expected by applying standard cancer rates for age and calendar period to the 120,885 person-years at risk. The standardized incidence ratio (SIR) was O-E = 0.78 with 95% confidence interval (CI) of (0.64, 0.95). In subgroup analyses, the highest relative risks were observed for parents of the index case (O/E = 21/13.0 = 1.6, 95% CI = 1.0, 2.5) and for leukemia (O/E = 9/4.9 = 1.9, 95% CI= 0.85,3.5). CONCLUSIONS The results of this study may provide reassurance to families of children who have had Wilms tumor. Potential sources of bias included the low (56%) rate of participation of targeted families. In general, the biases might have led to the underreporting of some cancers, especially in more distant relatives. The possibility of a slight excess of cancer in parents of Wilms tumor patients could not be excluded.
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- J L Felgenhauer
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Sharpe CR, Franco EL, de Camargo B, Lopes LF, Barreto J, Johnsson R, Mauad M. The influence of parental age on the risk of Wilms' tumour. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 1999; 13:138-43. [PMID: 10214605 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Brazilian Wilms' Tumour Study Group carried out a hospital-based multicentre case-control study of potential risk factors for the disease between April 1987 and January 1989. The parents of 109 cases of Wilms' tumour (WT) were interviewed when they were admitted to hospital for diagnosis and treatment. Also interviewed were the parents of two controls per case, matched for age, sex and interviewer, who were admitted to the same or nearby hospitals for treatment of non-neoplastic conditions. Odds ratios adjusted for family income and parental education were calculated by conditional logistic regression. Among cases diagnosed before 25 months of age there was a marked gradient of increasing risk of WT with increasing maternal age at the time of the child's birth. There was no increased risk for cases diagnosed after 25 months of age. The effects of paternal age were less marked. Possible explanations for these results are discussed.
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- C R Sharpe
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Sasco AJ, Vainio H. From in utero and childhood exposure to parental smoking to childhood cancer: a possible link and the need for action. Hum Exp Toxicol 1999; 18:192-201. [PMID: 10333301 DOI: 10.1191/096032799678839905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The objective of the present work is to critically summarize published studies and reassess the state of knowledge on a highly controversial topic: the potential association between prenatal exposure to passive smoking as well as maternal active smoking and postnatal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and enhanced incidence of childhood cancer. Elements to be considered include the substantial proportion of pregnant women who remain smokers, the widespread nature of exposure to ETS during pregnancy as well as during childhood, the known toxicology of tobacco smoke, and in particular sidestream smoke, characterized by a rich carcinogen content, the specific metabolism of foetuses and new-borns and finally the amount of epidemiologic data already available. We conducted a thorough review of the literature to identify studies either exclusively dealing with the effects of passive smoking on the occurrence of childhood cancers or more generally etiologic studies of cancer, be it overall or site-specific. We identified close to 50 publications presenting pertinent results from epidemiological investigations and about 50 more on mechanisms and metabolism, smoking in pregnancy and exposure to ETS as well as selected reviews and commentaries. Collaborative epidemiological studies were conducted in the United Kingdom (UK), USA, Sweden, Netherlands and internationally (France, Italy). In addition, other studies were also available from the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Italy, Denmark and People's Republic of China. The vast majority were case-control studies dealing with all cancers, leukaemia and lymphomas, central nervous system (CNS) tumours, Wilms' tumour, retinoblastoma, neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, bone and soft tissues tumours, germ cell tumours, as well as specific histological types of leukaemias, lymphomas or CNS tumours. No strong association between maternal smoking in pregnancy and/or exposure to ETS and childhood cancer is found. Yet, several studies found slightly increased relative risks, generally smaller than 1.5, i.e. the order of magnitude associated with some recognized hazards of exposure to ETS (1.2 to 1.3 for adult lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases). Tumours most often found associated with maternal smoking in pregnancy or ETS exposure are childhood brain tumours and leukaemia-lymphoma, with risks up to two or greater in selected studies. In a few studies, risks associated with paternal smoking are higher than the maternal ones. This evidence from human studies coupled with demonstration of genotoxic effects on the foetus of exposure to metabolites of tobacco smoke, and demonstrable presence of adducts should lead to strong recommendations aiming at fully protecting foetuses, new-borns and infants from tobacco smoke.
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- A J Sasco
- Unit of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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Cancers des enfants et contaminants de l’environnement. Canadian Journal of Public Health 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03405097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Fear NT, Roman E, Reeves G, Pannett B. Childhood cancer and paternal employment in agriculture: the role of pesticides. Br J Cancer 1998; 77:825-9. [PMID: 9514065 PMCID: PMC2149972 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Previous studies have suggested that the offspring of men potentially exposed to pesticides at work may be at increased risk of kidney cancer (Wilms' tumour), brain tumours, Ewing's bone sarcoma and acute leukaemia. This paper examines the association between potential occupational exposure of fathers to pesticides and offspring's death from cancer in a large national database. Records for 167703 childhood deaths occurring during 1959-63, 1970-78 and 1979-90 in England and Wales have been analysed. Among the offspring of men with potential occupational exposure to pesticides there were 5270 deaths, of which 449 were due to cancer. Associations were assessed using proportional mortality ratios (PMRs), with adjustment for age, year of death and paternal social class. Of the childhood cancers previously linked with potential paternal occupational exposure to pesticides, the only statistically significant excess was for kidney cancer (PMR=1.59, 95% CI=1.18-2.15, based on 42 deaths). Although these results offer some support for the suggestion that paternal occupational exposure to pesticides may be related to the subsequent development of kidney cancer in offspring, other explanations cannot be excluded. In the light of the findings presented here and elsewhere, further, more detailed, research into the nature of this relationship is warranted.
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- N T Fear
- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
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Yeazel MW, Ross JA, Buckley JD, Woods WG, Ruccione K, Robison LL. High birth weight and risk of specific childhood cancers: a report from the Children's Cancer Group. J Pediatr 1997; 131:671-7. [PMID: 9403644 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(97)70091-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES High birth weight has been associated with a number of childhood cancers. This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that elevated birth weight is associated with an increased risk of diagnosis-specific and age-specific groups of childhood cancers. METHODS A case-control study, using a large Children's Cancer Group database, examined birth weight as a risk factor for childhood cancer. Birth weight information for the index child was available for 3711 cases and 816 control subjects. RESULTS There was a statistically significant increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Wilms' tumor, and neuroblastoma with increasing birth weight (p, trend = 0.006, 0.003, and 0.001, respectively). A statistically significant decreased risk of cancer was observed for soft tissue sarcoma (p, trend = 0.04). When data were stratified on the basis of age at diagnosis, many of these associations were apparent for children whose disease was diagnosed before the age of 2 years. Moreover, for acute myeloid leukemia, age at diagnosis was an important effect modifier. For children with acute myeloid leukemia whose disease was diagnosed before 2 years of age, there was a statistically significant increased risk with high birth weight (odds ratio = 2.5, 95% confidence interval 1.1 to 5.5); there was no increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia with high birth weight noted for children whose disease was diagnosed after 2 years of age (odds ratio 1.3, 95% confidence interval 0.8 to 2.2). CONCLUSIONS Biologic studies are needed to address why high birth weight may increase risk (particularly at younger ages) of development of certain cancers.
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- M W Yeazel
- Department of Family Practice, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Ji BT, Shu XO, Linet MS, Zheng W, Wacholder S, Gao YT, Ying DM, Jin F. Paternal cigarette smoking and the risk of childhood cancer among offspring of nonsmoking mothers. J Natl Cancer Inst 1997; 89:238-44. [PMID: 9017004 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.3.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking has been shown to increase oxidative DNA damage in human sperm cells. Assessment of the role of cigarette smoking in the etiology of childhood cancer has focused primarily on the effect of maternal smoking. Similar studies in relation to paternal smoking, however, have been inconclusive. Few studies have evaluated the effect of paternal smoking in the preconception period, and most of these could not disentangle the effects of paternal from maternal smoking. PURPOSE We investigated the relationship of paternal smoking, particularly in the preconception period, with childhood cancer among offspring of the nonsmoking mothers. METHODS We conducted a population-based, case-control study in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, where the prevalence of smoking is high among men but extremely low among women. The study included 642 childhood cancer case patients (<15 years of age) and their individually matched control subjects. Information concerning parental smoking, alcohol drinking, and other exposures of the index child was obtained by direct interview of both parents of the study subjects. Odds ratios (ORs), derived from conditional logistic regression models, were used to measure the association between paternal smoking and risk of childhood cancers. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Paternal preconception smoking was related to a significantly elevated risk of childhood cancers, particularly acute leukemia and lymphoma. The risks rose with increasing pack-years of paternal preconception smoking for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) (P for trend = .01), lymphoma (P for trend = .07), and total cancer (P for trend = .006). Compared with children whose fathers had never smoked cigarettes, children whose fathers smoked more than five pack-years prior to their conception had adjusted ORs of 3.8 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.3-12.3) for ALL, 4.5 (95% CI = 1.2-16.8) for lymphoma, 2.7 (95% CI = 0.8-9.9) for brain tumors, and 1.7 (95% CI = 1.2-2.5) for all cancers combined. Statistically significant increased risks of cancer were restricted to children under the age of 5 years at diagnosis or those whose fathers had smoked during all of the 5 years prior to conception. IMPLICATIONS Further studies are needed to confirm the association of paternal smoking with increased risk of cancer in offspring, to clarify the pattern of risks in relation to the timing of cigarette smoking, and to elucidate the biologic mechanism involved in predisposing the offspring to cancer. For example, it may be that paternal smoking induces prezygotic genetic damage that, in turn, acts as the predisposing factor.
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- B T Ji
- Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University, School of Public Health, New York, USA
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Sorahan T, Lancashire RJ, Hultén MA, Peck I, Stewart AM. Childhood cancer and parental use of tobacco: deaths from 1953 to 1955. Br J Cancer 1997; 75:134-8. [PMID: 9000611 PMCID: PMC2222709 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Parental smoking data have been abstracted from the interview records of the case-control study that first indicated that pregnancy radiographs are a cause of childhood cancer (Oxford Survey of Childhood Cancers, deaths from 1953 to 1955). Reported smoking habits for the parents of 1549 children who died from cancer were compared with similar information for the parents of 1549 healthy controls (matched pairs analysis). There was a statistically significant positive trend between paternal daily consumption of tobacco and the risk of childhood cancer (P< 0.001). This association could not be explained by maternal smoking, social class, paternal or maternal age at the birth of the survey child, sibship position or obstetric radiography. About 15% of all childhood cancers in this series could be attributable to paternal smoking.
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- T Sorahan
- Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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Because of the large number of men worldwide who smoke and the fact that cigarette smoke contains known mutagens and carcinogens, there has been concern that smoking may have adverse effects on male reproduction. A review of the epidemiological literature indicates that cigarette smoking is associated with modest reductions in semen quality including sperm concentration, motility and morphology. The associations between male smoking and sperm concentration and motility are stronger among studies of 'healthy' men (e.g. volunteers and sperm donors) than among men from infertility clinic populations. Smoking has also been associated with alterations in hormone levels in males, for example increases in the levels of oestrone and oestradiol. Despite modest reductions in semen quality and altered hormone levels among smokers compared to non-smokers, studies have not shown a reduction in male fertility in association with paternal smoking. There is some evidence to suggest that paternal smoking is associated with congenital anomalies and childhood cancer (with ORs in positive studies generally < 2.0). Smoking has not been shown to be mutagenic to human spermatozoa, although studies have been small and have had methodological shortcomings. It is concluded that, although smokers as a group may not experience reduced fertility, men with marginal semen quality who wish to have children may benefit from quitting smoking, since several small studies indicate the potential for improved semen quality after quitting smoking. More research on the benefits of quitting smoking among men with marginal semen quality is needed. Methodological improvements in studies aimed at clarifying the association between paternal smoking and reproductive and developmental outcomes in offspring should include obtaining accurate paternal smoking dose information, evaluating smoking exposure information in relation to various time windows (e.g. prior to conception, during gestation), and controlling for potential confounders and modifying factors such as age and maternal smoking habits. More sensitive and specific laboratory assays and increased sample sizes are required to establish whether smoking induces mutations in human spermatozoa.
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- M F Vine
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7400, USA
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Heuch JM, Heuch I, Kvåle G. Birth characteristics and risk of Wilms' tumour: a nationwide prospective study in Norway. Br J Cancer 1996; 74:1148-51. [PMID: 8855990 PMCID: PMC2077120 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Relationships between incidence of Wilms' tumour and information recorded at birth were investigated in a prospective study of the 1,489,297 children born in Norway between 1967 and 1992. A total of 119 individuals were diagnosed with Wilms' tumour in the age interval 0-14 years. A high length at birth was significantly associated with a high risk (incidence rate ratio 1.8 for length > or = 53 cm vs < or = 49 cm, 95% CI 1.0-3.2). A low Apgar score at 1 min was also associated with an increased risk (incidence rate ratio 2.2 for Apgar score < or = 8 vs a score > or = 9, 95% CI 1.2-3.9). For all variables for which an association was indicated, the association seemed to be restricted mainly to children aged less than 2 years. This suggests that Wilms' tumour diagnosed early in life may differ aetiologically from that of cases diagnosed later.
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- J M Heuch
- Section for Medical Informatics and Statistics, University of Bergen, Norway
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Kristensen P, Andersen A, Irgens LM, Bye AS, Sundheim L. Cancer in offspring of parents engaged in agricultural activities in Norway: incidence and risk factors in the farm environment. Int J Cancer 1996; 65:39-50. [PMID: 8543394 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19960103)65:1<39::aid-ijc8>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In this study of cancer in offspring we demonstrate that factors linked to horticulture and use of pesticides are associated with cancer at an early age, whereas factors in animal husbandry, in particular poultry farming, are associated with cancers in later childhood and young adulthood. Incident cancer was investigated in offspring born in 1952-1991 to parents identified as farm holders in agricultural censuses in Norway in 1969-1989. In the follow-up of 323,292 offspring for 5.7 million person-years, 1,275 incident cancers were identified in the Cancer Registry for 1965-1991. The standardized incidence for all cancers was equal to the total rural population of Norway, but cohort subjects had an excess incidence of nervous-system tumours and testicular cancers in certain regions and strata of time that could imply that specific risk factors were of importance. Classification of exposure indicators was based on information given at the agricultural censuses. Risk factors were found for brain tumours, in particular non-astrocytic neuroepithelial tumours: for all ages, pig farming tripled the risk [rate ratio (RR), 3.11; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.89-5.13]; indicators of pesticide use had an independent effect of the same magnitude in a dose-response fashion, strongest in children aged 0 to 14 years (RR, 3.37; 95% CI, 1.63-6.94). Horticulture and pesticide indicators were associated with all cancers at ages 0 to 4 years, Wilms' tumour, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, eye cancer and neuroblastoma. Chicken farming was associated with some common cancers of adolescence, and was strongest for osteosarcoma and mixed cellular type of Hodgkin's disease. The main problem in this large cohort study is the crude exposure indicators available; the resulting misclassification is likely to bias any true association towards unity.
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- P Kristensen
- National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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Clinical development plan: Tea extracts green tea polyphenols epigallocatechin gallate. J Cell Biochem 1996. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240630718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Robison LL, Buckley JD, Bunin G. Assessment of environmental and genetic factors in the etiology of childhood cancers: the Childrens Cancer Group epidemiology program. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 1995; 103 Suppl 6:111-6. [PMID: 8549456 PMCID: PMC1518916 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.95103s6111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The occurrence of cancer during childhood represents one of the leading causes of death within the pediatric and adolescent age group. It is estimated that approximately 8000 children will be diagnosed annually with cancer in the United States. Epidemiologic research addressing the etiology of childhood cancer has been limited because of the difficulties in identifying a sufficiently large study population. Moreover, the use of retrospectively ascertained childhood cancer cases in epidemiologic investigations has restricted the incorporation of biological and clinical parameters. The Childrens Cancer Group has developed an active program in epidemiologic research, with over a decade of experience demonstrating the feasibility and strengths of conducting analytic epidemiologic studies within a cooperative clinical trials network. The availability of detailed clinical and biologic data on cases diagnosed within the cooperative group facilitates the transfer of state-of-the-art technology to epidemiologic research.
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- L L Robison
- Department of Pediatrics, UMHC, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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