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Shen R, Ge Y, Qin Y, Gao H, Yu H, Wu H, Song H. Sporoderm-broken spores of Ganoderma lucidum modulate hepatoblastoma malignancy by regulating RACK1-mediated autophagy and tumour immunity. J Cell Mol Med 2024; 28:e18223. [PMID: 38451046 PMCID: PMC10919157 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.18223] [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: 12/03/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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Hepatoblastoma (HB), a primary liver tumour, is notorious for its high metastatic potential and poor prognosis. Ganoderma lucidum, an edible mushroom species utilized in traditional Chinese medicine for addressing various tumour types, presents an intriguing avenue for HB treatment. However, the effectiveness of G. lucidum in managing HB and its underlying molecular mechanism necessitates further exploration. Standard in vitro assays were conducted to evaluate the impact of sporoderm-broken spores of G. lucidum (SBSGL) on the malignant characteristics of HB cells. The mechanism of SBSGL in treating HB and its tumour immunomodulatory effects were explored and validated by various experiments, including immunoprecipitation, Western blotting, mRFP-GFP-LC3 adenovirus transfection and co-localization analysis, as well as verified with in vivo experiments in this regard. The results showed that SBSGL effectively inhibited the malignant traits of HB cells and suppressed the O-GlcNAcylation of RACK1, thereby reducing its expression. In addition, SBSGL inhibited immune checkpoints and regulated cytokines. In conclusion, SBSGL had immunomodulatory effects and regulated the malignancy and autophagy of HB by regulating the O-GlcNAcylation of RACK1. These findings suggest that SBSGL holds promise as a potential anticancer drug for HB treatment.
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- Rui Shen
- Graduate SchoolAnhui University of Chinese MedicineHefeiChina
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- Graduate SchoolAnhui University of Chinese MedicineHefeiChina
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- Graduate SchoolAnhui University of Chinese MedicineHefeiChina
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- Graduate SchoolAnhui University of Chinese MedicineHefeiChina
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western MedicineAnhui University of Chinese MedicineHefeiChina
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer ResearchBengbu Medical CollegeBengbuChina
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western MedicineAnhui University of Chinese MedicineHefeiChina
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer ResearchBengbu Medical CollegeBengbuChina
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Ge L, Zhu J, Liu J, Li L, Zhang J, Cheng J, Li Y, Yang Z, Li S, He J, Zhang X. METTL1 gene polymorphisms synergistically confer hepatoblastoma susceptibility. Discov Oncol 2022; 13:77. [PMID: 35986847 PMCID: PMC9392666 DOI: 10.1007/s12672-022-00545-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Hepatoblastoma is a rare but devastating pediatric liver malignancy. Overexpressed methyltransferase-like 1 (METTL1) is a methyltransferase that catalyzes essential N7-methylguanosine (m7G) modification of eukaryotic mRNA. Accumulating evidence has revealed the oncogenic potential of METTL1. However, whether METTL1 gene polymorphisms confer susceptibility to hepatoblastoma has not been reported. This study aimed to identify causal relationships between genetic variants of this gene and susceptibility to hepatoblastoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using the TaqMan assay, we genotyped three METTL1 polymorphisms (rs2291617 G > T, rs10877013 T > C, rs10877012 T > G) in germline DNA samples from 1759 Chinese children of Han ethnicity (313 cases vs. 1446 controls). RESULTS None of these polymorphisms were associated with hepatoblastoma risk. However, combination analysis showed that children with 1 to 3 risk genotypes were associated with increased hepatoblastoma risk (adjusted odds ratio = 1.47, 95% confidence interval 1.07-2.02; P = 0.018). Stratified analyses revealed significant effects of combined polymorphisms mainly among young children (< 17 months of age), boys, and those with advanced hepatoblastoma. CONCLUSION We identified some potential functional METTL1 gene polymorphisms that work together to increase the risk of hepatoblastoma among Chinese Han children; single polymorphism showed only weak effects. These METTL1 polymorphisms may be promising biomarkers for screening high-risk individuals for hepatoblastoma. These findings are inspiring and deserve to be validated among individuals of different ethnicities.
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- Lili Ge
- Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, Henan, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Biobank, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Kunming Key Laboratory of Children Infection and Immunity, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Children's Major Disease Research, Yunnan Institute of Pediatrics Research, Yunnan Medical Center for Pediatric Diseases, Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming, 650228, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110004, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Pathology, Children Hospital and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Taiyuan, 030013, Shannxi, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou, 510623, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Pediatric Oncologic Surgery, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, 33 Longhu Waihuan East Road, Zhengzhou, 450018, Henan, China.
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Fan J, Zhuo Z, Chen G, Niu H, Yang Z, Zhang J, Li Y, Li S, Cheng J, Li L, He J, Wang X. FTO gene polymorphisms and hepatoblastoma susceptibility among Chinese children. Cell Cycle 2022; 21:1512-1518. [PMID: 35311451 PMCID: PMC9278422 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2022.2054635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Current knowledge on the etiology of hepatoblastoma remains limited. FTO gene has been documented as a susceptibility gene for several types of cancer. However, its role has not been characterized in hepatoblastoma. Herein, we intended to explore whether FTO gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) contribute to the risk of hepatoblastoma. A multi-center case-control study was conducted including 358 cases and 1512 controls recruited from the night hospitals in China. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), for the association of FTO gene SNPs with hepatoblastoma risk, were estimated using conditional logistic regression models, adjusted for relevant confounding variables. Four SNPs (rs1477196 G > A, rs9939609 T > A, rs7206790 C > G, and rs8047395 A > G) in the FTO gene were genotyped. We detected a significant association between rs9939609 T > A and decreased risk of hepatoblastoma (TA vs. TT: adjust OR = 0.73, 95% CI = 0.54-0.99, P = 0.041; TA/AA vs. TT: adjust OR = 0.73, 95% CI = 0.55-0.97, P = 0.032). Compared to 0-3 protective genotypes, carriers with four protective genotypes showed enough strength to protect from hepatoblastoma (adjust OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.47-0.91, P = 0.012). In stratification analysis, we also detected a significantly decreased risk of hepatoblastoma in subjects with rs9939609 TA/AA or with four protective genotypes in some subgroups. Our results provided some clues for an association of FTO gene SNPs with hepatoblastoma risk in Chinese children.Abbreviations: GWAS, genome-wide association study; FTO, The fat mass and obesity-associated gene; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; m6A, N6-methyladenosine; mRNA, messenger RNA; LD, linkage disequilibrium; HWE, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; GSC, glioblastoma stem(-like) cell; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.
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- Junzhen Fan
- Department of Pathology, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatric General Surgery, Hebei Children’s Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Children Hospital and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Taiyuan, Shannxi, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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- Kunming Key Laboratory of Children Infection and Immunity, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Children’s Major Disease Research, Yunnan Institute of Pediatrics Research, Yunnan Medical Center for Pediatric Diseases, Kunming Children’s Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Jing He Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Senior Department of Pediatrics, National Engineering Laboratory for Birth Defects Prevention and Control of Key Technology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Organ Failure, the Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
- CONTACT Xianqiang Wang Department of Pediatrics, Senior Department of Pediatrics, National Engineering Laboratory for Birth Defects Prevention and Control of Key Technology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Organ Failure, the Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing100000, China
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Zhuo Z, Miao L, Hua W, Chen H, Yang Z, Li Y, Zhang J, Li S, Cheng J, Li L, Xia H, He J. Genetic variations in nucleotide excision repair pathway genes and hepatoblastoma susceptibility. Int J Cancer 2021; 149:1649-1658. [PMID: 34196959 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The etiology of hepatoblastoma is largely unknown due to the rarity of this disease. Nucleotide excision repair (NER), a versatile system in repairing DNA damage, is highly implicated in carcinogenesis. However, it remains unclear whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of genes in the NER pathway are related to hepatoblastoma risk. A total of 313 Chinese children diagnosed with hepatoblastoma and 1446 controls were recruited from seven hospitals across China. TaqMan assay was adopted to genotype 19 SNPs in NER pathway genes including ERCC1, XPA, XPC, XPD, XPF and XPG. Of them, only two SNPs in XPC gene predisposed to hepatoblastoma risk. The XPC rs2607775 polymorphism significantly contributed to hepatoblastoma risk (dominant model: adjusted OR = 1.44, 95% CI = 1.01-2.05, P = .046). However, XPC rs1870134 conferred a significantly decreased risk of hepatoblastoma in recessive model (adjusted OR = 0.50, 95% CI = 0.26-0.98, P = .042). Stratified analysis revealed that rs2607775 CG/GG genotype, rs1870134 CC genotype and four to five risk genotypes were associated with the risk of hepatoblastoma under certain subgroups. The significant relationships were confirmed by haplotype analyses and false-positive report probability analyses. In addition, expression quantitative trait locus analysis suggested that rs2607775 G increased expression of XPC mRNA. Collectively, our discover a promising candidate XPC gene as a biomarker for the risk of hepatoblastoma.
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- Zhenjian Zhuo
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Central Laboratories, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Children Hospital and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Kunming Key Laboratory of Children Infection and Immunity, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Children's Major Disease Research, Yunnan Institute of Pediatrics Research, Yunnan Medical Center for Pediatric Diseases, Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Chen H, Guan Q, Guo H, Miao L, Zhuo Z. The Genetic Changes of Hepatoblastoma. Front Oncol 2021; 11:690641. [PMID: 34367972 PMCID: PMC8335155 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.690641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Hepatoblastoma is the most common malignant liver cancer in childhood. The etiology of hepatoblastoma remains obscure. Hepatoblastoma is closely related to genetic syndromes, hinting that hepatoblastoma is a genetic predisposition disease. However, no precise exposures or genetic events are reported to hepatoblastoma occurrence. During the past decade, significant advances have been made in the understanding of etiology leading to hepatoblastoma, and several important genetic events that appear to be important for the development and progression of this tumor have been identified. Advances in our understanding of the genetic changes that underlie hepatoblastoma may translate into better patient outcomes. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been generally applied in the research of etiology's exploration, disease treatment, and prognosis assessment. Here, we reviewed and discussed the molecular epidemiology, especially SNPs progresses in hepatoblastoma, to provide references for future studies and promote the study of hepatoblastoma's etiology.
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- Huitong Chen
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Lucas B, Ravishankar S, Pateva I. Pediatric Primary Hepatic Tumors: Diagnostic Considerations. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:333. [PMID: 33670452 PMCID: PMC7922091 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11020333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The liver is the third most common site of abdominal tumors in children. This review article aims to summarize current evidence surrounding identification and diagnosis of primary hepatic tumors in the pediatric population based upon clinical presentation, epidemiology, and risk factors as well as classical imaging, histopathological, and molecular diagnostic findings. Readers will be able to recognize the features and distinguish between benign and malignant hepatic tumors within different age groups.
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- Bryony Lucas
- Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital—Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital—Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital—Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Ren H, Zhuo ZJ, Duan F, Li Y, Yang Z, Zhang J, Cheng J, Li S, Li L, Geng J, Zhang Z, He J, Niu H. ALKBH5 Gene Polymorphisms and Hepatoblastoma Susceptibility in Chinese Children. JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2021; 2021:6658480. [PMID: 33790968 PMCID: PMC7997766 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6658480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Incidence of hepatoblastoma has been increasing, but the causes of this disease remain unclear. Some studies have suggested that abnormal expressions of ALKBH5 gene are associated with multiple cancers. This study aims to test the hypothesis that hepatoblastoma risk may be modulated by genetic polymorphisms in ALKBH5 gene based on genotyped data from samples of 328 cases and 1476 controls enrolled from eight hospitals in China. We used TaqMan assay to genotype ALKBH5 gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs1378602G > A and rs8400G > A. We calculated the odds ratios (ORs) and P values using logistic regression models to estimate the association between hepatoblastoma risk and ALKBH5 gene SNPs. We found the rs1378602G > A and rs8400G > A could not impact hepatoblastoma risk in single or combined analysis. Stratified analysis revealed that subjects with the rs8400 AA genotype are prone to getting hepatoblastoma in the clinical stage III + IV subgroup (adjusted OR = 1.93, 95% CI = 1.20-3.10, P=0.007), when compared to those with GG/GA genotype. False-positive report probability validated the reliability of the significant results. Preliminary functional annotations revealed that rs8400 A is correlated with increased expression of ALKBH5 gene in the expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analysis. In all, our investigation presents evidence of a weak impact of ALKBH5 gene polymorphisms on hepatoblastoma risk, using the largest hepatoblastoma sample size. These findings shed some light on the genetic basis of hepatoblastoma, implicating the role of ALKBH5 gene polymorphisms in the etiology of hepatoblastoma.
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- Hui Ren
- 1Department of Pediatric General Surgery, Hebei Children's Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050031, Hebei, China
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- 2Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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- 1Department of Pediatric General Surgery, Hebei Children's Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050031, Hebei, China
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- 3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha 410004, Hunan, China
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- 4Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning, China
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- 5Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, China
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- 6Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, Shaanxi, China
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- 7Department of Pathology, Children Hospital and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Taiyuan 030013, Shaanxi, China
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- 8Kunming Key Laboratory of Children Infection and Immunity, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Children's Major Disease Research, Yunnan Institute of Pediatrics Research, Yunnan Medical Center for Pediatric Diseases, Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming 650228, Yunnan, China
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- 1Department of Pediatric General Surgery, Hebei Children's Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050031, Hebei, China
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- 1Department of Pediatric General Surgery, Hebei Children's Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050031, Hebei, China
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- 2Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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- 1Department of Pediatric General Surgery, Hebei Children's Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050031, Hebei, China
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Zhuo Z, Lin A, Zhang J, Chen H, Li Y, Yang Z, Li L, Li S, Cheng J, He J. Genetic variations in base excision repair pathway genes and risk of hepatoblastoma: a seven-center case-control study. Am J Cancer Res 2021; 11:849-857. [PMID: 33791158 DOI: pmid/33791158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Hepatoblastoma is a rare childhood liver cancer without known explicit etiology. Base excision repair (BER) pathway genes have been implicated in the pathophysiology of cancer, yet the role of BER pathway gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on hepatoblastoma risk still awaits to be explored. This study aims to determine whether hepatoblastoma risk be modulated by polymorphisms in the BER pathway genes based on genotyped data from 313 cases and 1446 controls. We applied TaqMan assay to genotype these included samples. We comprehensively genotyped 20 SNPs across six genes of BER, and estimated odds ratio (ORs), 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and P-values of the selected SNPs' contribution to the risk of hepatoblastoma using logistic regression models. Only SNP rs293795 in the hOGG1 gene could significantly enhance hepatoblastoma risk under recessive model (adjusted OR=3.78, 95% CI=1.01-14.17, P=0.047). Stratified analysis revealed that rs159153 TC/CC genotype decreased hepatoblastoma risk in male subgroup. Moreover, rs293795 GG and 1-3 risk genotypes could increase hepatoblastoma risk in clinical stages I+II and male subgroups, respectively. False-positive report probability validated the reliability of the significant results. Our findings provide some clues of a potential risk effect of BER pathway gene hOGG1 SNPs on hepatoblastoma. Further investigation is warranted to confirm these findings and to better elucidate the biological pathways involved.
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- Zhenjian Zhuo
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hunan Children's Hospital Changsha 410004, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University Shenyang 110004, Liaoning, China
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- Kunming Key Laboratory of Children Infection and Immunity, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Children's Major Disease Research, Yunnan Institute of Pediatrics Research, Yunnan Medical Center for Pediatric Diseases, Kunming Children's Hospital Kunming 650228, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Children Hospital and Women Health Center of Shanxi Taiyuan 030013, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710004, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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Zhuo ZJ, Hua RX, Chen Z, Zhu J, Wang M, Yang Z, Zhang J, Li Y, Li L, Li S, Xin Y, Xia H, He J. WTAP Gene Variants Confer Hepatoblastoma Susceptibility: A Seven-Center Case-Control Study. Mol Ther Oncolytics 2020; 18:118-125. [PMID: 32671187 PMCID: PMC7338985 DOI: 10.1016/j.omto.2020.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Hepatoblastoma is a rare disease, and its etiology remains to be revealed. Wilms tumor suppressor-1-associated protein (WTAP) plays a critical role in tumorigenesis. However, whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the WTAP gene predispose to hepatoblastoma risk awaits to be investigated. With the use of the TaqMan assay, we evaluated the genotype frequencies of three WTAP SNPs (rs7766006 G > T, rs9457712 G > A, and rs1853259 A > G) in Chinese children with 313 hepatoblastoma patients and 1,446 controls. Among these three SNPs, only the rs7766006 T allele exhibited a significant association with hepatoblastoma risk (GT versus GG: adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 0.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.53-0.92, p = 0.009; GT/TT versus GG: adjusted OR = 0.73, 95% CI = 0.57-0.95, p = 0.017). Combined analysis indicated that subjects with two risk genotypes showed significantly higher hepatoblastoma risk, compared to individuals without a risk genotype (adjusted OR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.02-1.88, p = 0.037). The stratified analysis revealed that the rs1853259 GG genotype, the rs7766006 GT/TT genotype, and two risk genotypes modified hepatoblastoma risk in certain subgroups. The significant results were validated by haplotype analyses and false-positive report probability analyses. Furthermore, the expression quantitative trait locus analysis indicated that rs7766006 T was associated with decreased expression of WTAP mRNA. Collectively, our results suggest that WTAP SNPs may be genetic modifiers for the development of hepatoblastoma.
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- Zhen-Jian Zhuo
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510623, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510623, China
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510623, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Biobank, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510623, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
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- Kunming Key Laboratory of Children Infection and Immunity, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Children’s Major Disease Research, Yunnan Institute of Pediatrics Research, Yunnan Medical Center for Pediatric Diseases, Kunming Children’s Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan 650228, China
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- Department of Pathology, Children Hospital and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Taiyuan, Shannxi 030013, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Medicine Center of PLA, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510623, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510623, China
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Liu P, Zhuo ZJ, Zhu J, Yang Z, Xin Y, Li S, Li L, Li Y, Wang H, He J. Association of TP53 rs1042522 C>G and miR-34b/c rs4938723 T>C polymorphisms with hepatoblastoma susceptibility: A seven-center case-control study. J Gene Med 2020; 22:e3182. [PMID: 32166848 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.3182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatoblastoma is a rare malignancy originating from pluripotent stem cells with unknown etiology. An understanding of the etiology in pediatric hepatoblastoma has been hampered by the unavailability of sufficient patient samples. To date, only a few epidemiological studies with small sample sizes have been performed investigating risk factors for hepatoblastoma. TP53 and pri-miR-34b/c genes are implicated in the tumorigenesis, yet the role of their polymorphisms in hepatoblastoma susceptibility remains unknown. METHODS We conducted a seven-center case-control study to explore the genetic variants predisposing to hepatoblastoma susceptibility. In our study, we genotyped two functional polymorphisms, the TP53 rs1042522 C>G (Arg72Pro) and miR-34b/c rs4938723 T>C, in 313 cases and 1446 controls using the TaqMan method. RESULTS Single loci analysis showed that neither TP53 rs1042522 C>G, nor miR-34b/c rs4938723 T>C significantly modified hepatoblastoma risk. In the stratification analysis, we identified that the miR-34b/c rs4938723 TC/CC genotypes were associated with a decreased risk in patients with clinical stages III + IV hepatoblastoma (adjusted odds ratio = 0.53, 95% confidence interval = 0.33-0.84, P=0.007] compared to the rs4938723 TT genotype. Subsequent analysis further showed that the combination of TP53 and miR-34b/c variant genotypes had no impact on susceptibility hepatoblastoma. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, TP53 rs1042522 C>G and miR-34b/c rs4938723 T>C may not confer hepatoblastoma susceptibility. These findings may aid in our understanding of the genetic etiology of hepatoblastoma.
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- Peng Liu
- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Biobank, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Medicine Center of PLA, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pathology, Children Hospital and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Taiyuan, Shaanxi, China
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- Kunming Key Laboratory of Children Infection and Immunity, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Children's Major Disease Research, Yunnan Institute of Pediatrics Research, Yunnan Medical Center for Pediatric Diseases, Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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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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Luo Z, Li G, Wang M, Zhu J, Yang Z, Li Y, Zhang J, Xin Y, Li S, Li L, Zhuo Z, He J. YTHDF1 rs6090311 A>G polymorphism reduces Hepatoblastoma risk: Evidence from a seven-center case-control study. J Cancer 2020; 11:5129-5134. [PMID: 32742460 PMCID: PMC7378914 DOI: 10.7150/jca.46120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Various factors modulate the risk of hepatoblastoma. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the YTHDF1 gene could predispose to hepatoblastoma. We used TaqMan assay to genotype two YTHDF1 SNPs (rs6011668 C>T and rs6090311 A>G) in a Chinese population composed of 313 subjects with hepatoblastoma and 1446 controls from seven hospitals. We then evaluated the associations of these two SNPs with hepatoblastoma risk using unconditional logistic regression. We found that rs6090311 G allele exhibited a significant association with decreased hepatoblastoma risk [AG vs. AA: adjusted odds ratio (OR)=0.75; 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.58-0.98, P=0.033; AG/GG vs. AA: adjusted OR=0.76, 95% CI=0.59-0.97, P=0.029]. Furthermore, the combined analysis of protective genotypes revealed that subjects carrying two protective genotypes were less likely to have hepatoblastoma than those with 0-1 protective genotypes (adjusted OR=0.75, 95% CI=0.59-0.96, P=0.022). Subjects ≥17 months of age had decreased hepatoblastoma risk, in case that they carried rs6090311 AG/GG (adjusted OR=0.63, 95% CI=0.44-0.91, P=0.012), or two protective genotypes (adjusted OR=0.63, 95% CI=0.44-0.91, P=0.012). False-positive report probability analysis validated the reliability of the significant results. Preliminary functional annotations revealed that rs6090311 G was correlated with decreased expression of its surrounding genes in the expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analysis. In conclusion, our results indicate that the rs6090311 A>G in the YTHDF1 gene is related to decreased hepatoblastoma risk.
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- Zhendong Luo
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Biobank, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150040, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha 410004, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Medicine Center of PLA, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pathology, Children Hospital and Women Health Center of Shanxi, Taiyuan 030013, Shannxi, China
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- Kunming Key Laboratory of Children Infection and Immunity, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Children's Major Disease Research, Yunnan Institute of Pediatrics Research, Yunnan Medical Center for Pediatric Diseases, Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming 650228, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
- ✉ Corresponding authors: Jing He or Zhenjian Zhuo, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China, E-mails: (Jing He) or (Zhenjian Zhuo)
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China
- ✉ Corresponding authors: Jing He or Zhenjian Zhuo, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 9 Jinsui Road, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong, China, E-mails: (Jing He) or (Zhenjian Zhuo)
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Oldereid NB, Wennerholm UB, Pinborg A, Loft A, Laivuori H, Petzold M, Romundstad LB, Söderström-Anttila V, Bergh C. The effect of paternal factors on perinatal and paediatric outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hum Reprod Update 2018; 24:320-389. [PMID: 29471389 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmy005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Maternal factors, including increasing childbearing age and various life-style factors, are associated with poorer short- and long-term outcomes for children, whereas knowledge of paternal parameters is limited. Recently, increasing paternal age has been associated with adverse obstetric outcomes, birth defects, autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia in children. OBJECTIVE AND RATIONALE The aim of this systematic review is to describe the influence of paternal factors on adverse short- and long-term child outcomes. SEARCH METHODS PubMed, Embase and Cochrane databases up to January 2017 were searched. Paternal factors examined included paternal age and life-style factors such as body mass index (BMI), adiposity and cigarette smoking. The outcome variables assessed were short-term outcomes such as preterm birth, low birth weight, small for gestational age (SGA), stillbirth, birth defects and chromosomal anomalies. Long-term outcome variables included mortality, cancers, psychiatric diseases/disorders and metabolic diseases. The systematic review follows PRISMA guidelines. Relevant meta-analyses were performed. OUTCOMES The search included 14 371 articles out of which 238 met the inclusion criteria, and 81 were included in quantitative synthesis (meta-analyses). Paternal age and paternal life-style factors have an association with adverse outcome in offspring. This is particularly evident for psychiatric disorders such as autism, autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia, but an association is also found with stillbirth, any birth defects, orofacial clefts and trisomy 21. Paternal height, but not BMI, is associated with birth weight in offspring while paternal BMI is associated with BMI, weight and/or body fat in childhood. Paternal smoking is found to be associated with an increase in SGA, birth defects such as congenital heart defects, and orofacial clefts, cancers, brain tumours and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. These associations are significant although moderate in size, with most pooled estimates between 1.05 and 1.5, and none exceeding 2.0. WIDER IMPLICATIONS Although the increased risks of adverse outcome in offspring associated with paternal factors and identified in this report represent serious health effects, the magnitude of these effects seems modest.
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- Nan B Oldereid
- Livio IVF-klinikken Oslo, Sørkedalsveien 10A, 0369 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital East, SE 416 85 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hvidovre Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Fertility Clinic, Section 4071, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, Teiskontie 35, FI-33521 Tampere, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, FI-33520 Tampere, Finland.,Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 8, FI-00290 Helsinki, Finland.,Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Tukhomankatu 8, FI-00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Swedish National Data Service and Health Metrics Unit, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Spiren Fertility Clinic, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim NO-7010, Norway.,Department of Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Reproductive Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Bell K, Corbacho B, Ronaldson S, Richardson G, Torgerson D, Robling M. The impact of pre and perinatal lifestyle factors on child long term health and social outcomes: a systematic review. HEALTH ECONOMICS REVIEW 2018; 8:2. [PMID: 29368151 PMCID: PMC5783983 DOI: 10.1186/s13561-018-0186-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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To understand the full extent of the impact of a trial, it is important to consider the long-term consequences of outcomes beyond the trial follow-up period, especially for early year's interventions. A systematic review of the literature associated with the long-term consequences of four key outcomes from the Building Blocks trial, specifically, low birth weight, smoking during pregnancy, interval to subsequent pregnancy and A&E attendance or inpatient admission was conducted. These factors were guided by the funders, the Department of Health, as being of particular interest in the UK context. Relevant studies were identified from a number of sources including large databases, reference checking and citation searching. The search yielded 3665 papers, 43 of which were considered appropriate for inclusion. Of these, 29 were relating to smoking during pregnancy, 13 to low birth weight, 0 to A&E attendances during early childhood and 1 to short (< 2 years) interval to subsequent pregnancy. Consistent associations were found between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the effects this has on children's health, educational attainment and likelihood of engaging in problem behaviour and criminal activity in later life. Low birth weight was also found to impact on children's long-term health and cognitive development. Subsequent pregnancies within two years of the previous birth were linked with increased likelihood of pre-term birth and neonatal death. Only minimal evidence was identified regarding the consequences of a short interval to second pregnancy and of child A&E and outpatient attendances. Given that these outcomes have been identified by the UK Department of Health as of particular interest for UK benefit, investment of research in these areas is recommended to establish a clearer picture of both short and long-term consequences.
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- Kerry Bell
- York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, ARRC Building, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, ARRC Building, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, ARRC Building, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, ARRC Building, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4YS Wales
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Momen NC, Olsen J, Gissler M, Li J. Exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy and risk of childhood cancer: a study using the Danish national registers. Cancer Causes Control 2015; 27:341-9. [PMID: 26689564 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0707-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE The relation between maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood cancer in the offspring remains uncertain. This paper uses Danish national registers, which have collected data prospectively on smoking and cancer, to investigate the association. METHODS Smoking during pregnancy was ascertained from maternal self-reported data in the Danish National Patient Register. Index children were followed up from birth until the first of the following events: cancer diagnosis, death, emigration, day before 15th birthday, or end of follow-up. Smoking during pregnancy was considered as a binary variable (no smoking in pregnancy and smoking in pregnancy) and by amounts smoked (no smoking, cessation during pregnancy, ≤5, 6-10, or ≥11 cigarettes/day). RESULTS Of the 801,867 children included in the study, 20 % were exposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Overall, the hazard ratio (HR) for childhood cancer for the exposed compared to the non-exposed was 0.91 [95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.78, 1.07]. Stratification by number of cigarettes also gave statistically nonsignificant inverse associations. There was a statistically significant increased risk of childhood cancer among children whose mothers reported smoking cessation in pregnancy (HR 1.46; 95 % CI 1.01, 2.10). Regarding specific cancer sites, maternal smoking in pregnancy was positively associated with the risk of eye cancers in childhood. CONCLUSIONS Our results do not provide evidence for an association between maternal smoking in pregnancy and childhood cancer overall. An increased risk of childhood cancer was seen for children whose mothers reported smoking cessation in pregnancy. Future research could employ biomarkers, such as cotinine, to validate maternal smoking status recorded in registers as, even if collected prospectively, this self-reported variable may be subject to reporting bias.
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- Natalie C Momen
- Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Alle 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Alle 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.,Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- THL National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Nordic School of Public Health NHV, Göthenburg, Sweden
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- Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Alle 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
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Melo M, Bellver J, Soares SR. The impact of cigarette smoking on the health of descendants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1586/eog.12.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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M Turcotte L, G Spector L. What do we know about the etiology of hepatoblastoma? Hepat Oncol 2013; 1:7-10. [PMID: 30190935 DOI: 10.2217/hep.13.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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- Lucie M Turcotte
- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 484, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.,Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 484, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 422, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.,Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 422, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Ghosh JKC, Heck JE, Cockburn M, Su J, Jerrett M, Ritz B. Prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and risk of early childhood cancers. Am J Epidemiol 2013; 178:1233-9. [PMID: 23989198 PMCID: PMC3792733 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy has been linked to the risk of childhood cancer, but the evidence remains inconclusive. In the present study, we used land use regression modeling to estimate prenatal exposures to traffic exhaust and evaluate the associations with cancer risk in very young children. Participants in the Air Pollution and Childhood Cancers Study who were 5 years of age or younger and diagnosed with cancer between 1988 and 2008 were had their records linked to California birth certificates, and controls were selected from birth certificates. Land use regression-based estimates of exposures to nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and nitrogen oxides were assigned based on birthplace residence and temporally adjusted using routine monitoring station data to evaluate air pollution exposures during specific pregnancy periods. Logistic regression models were adjusted for maternal age, race/ethnicity, educational level, parity, insurance type, and Census-based socioeconomic status, as well as child's sex and birth year. The odds of acute lymphoblastic leukemia increased by 9%, 23%, and 8% for each 25-ppb increase in average nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and nitrogen oxide levels, respectively, over the entire pregnancy. Second- and third-trimester exposures increased the odds of bilateral retinoblastoma. No associations were found for annual average exposures without temporal components or for any other cancer type. These results lend support to a link between prenatal exposure to traffic exhaust and the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and bilateral retinoblastoma.
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- Jo Kay C. Ghosh
- Correspondence to Dr. Jo Kay Ghosh, University of Southern California, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, 2001 N. Soto Street, MC 9239, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (e-mail: )
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Johnson KJ, Williams KS, Ross JA, Krailo MD, Tomlinson GE, Malogolowkin MH, Feusner JH, Spector LG. Parental tobacco and alcohol use and risk of hepatoblastoma in offspring: a report from the children's oncology group. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2013; 22:1837-43. [PMID: 23950215 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-13-0432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatoblastoma is a rare pediatric liver tumor that has significantly increased in incidence over the last several decades. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently classified hepatoblastoma as a tobacco-related cancer. Parental alcohol use has shown no association. We examined associations between parental tobacco and alcohol use around the time of pregnancy and hepatoblastoma in a large case-control study. METHODS Maternal interviews were completed for 383 cases diagnosed in the United States during 2000-2008. Controls (n = 387) were identified through U.S. birth registries and frequency-matched to cases on birth weight, birth year, and region of residence. We used unconditional logistic regression to calculate ORs and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for associations between parental smoking and maternal drinking and offspring hepatoblastoma. RESULTS We found no association between hepatoblastoma and maternal smoking at any time (OR, 1.0; 95% CI, 0.7-1.4), within the year before pregnancy (OR, 1.1; 95% CI, 0.8-1.6), early in pregnancy (OR, 1.0; 95% CI, 0.7-1.6), or throughout pregnancy (OR, 0.9; 95% CI, 0.5-1.6). We observed marginally positive associations between hepatoblastoma and paternal smoking in the year before pregnancy (OR, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.0-2.0) and during pregnancy (OR, 1.4; 95% CI, 0.9-2.0). Maternal alcohol use was not associated with hepatoblastoma. CONCLUSION Our results do not provide evidence for an etiologic relationship between maternal smoking or drinking and hepatoblastoma, and only weak evidence for an association for paternal smoking in the year before pregnancy. IMPACT Our study provides limited support for hepatoblastoma as a tobacco-related cancer; however, it remains wise to counsel prospective parents on the merits of smoking cessation.
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- Kimberly J Johnson
- Authors' Affiliations: The Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; Division of Epidemiology/Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics and Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Children's Hospital & Research Center of Oakland, Oakland, California
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Musselman JR, Georgieff MK, Ross JA, Tomlinson GE, Feusner J, Krailo M, Spector LG. Maternal pregnancy events and exposures and risk of hepatoblastoma: a Children's Oncology Group (COG) study. Cancer Epidemiol 2013; 37:318-20. [PMID: 23312454 PMCID: PMC3626752 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Revised: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatoblastoma is a rare childhood liver cancer with an obscure etiology, however it is potentially associated with selected pregnancy events and hepatoblastoma risk in offspring. METHODS Adjusted unconditional logistic regression estimated odds ratios (OR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) for self-reported pregnancy events and medication use in a sample of mothers of 383 childhood hepatoblastoma cases and 387 controls. RESULTS Risk of hepatoblastoma was significantly associated with maternal first trimester weight gain (OR = 1.02; 95% CI 1.00, 1.04 per 1 lb increase and nearly significantly with maternal multivitamin use (OR = 0.73; 95% CI 0.51, 1.03). Hepatoblastoma was not associated with other maternal weight changes, maternal illness or medication use during pregnancy. CONCLUSION We found little evidence that maternal illness or most medication use during pregnancy are associated with hepatoblastoma in offspring.
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- Jessica R.B. Musselman
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
- Masonic Cancer Research Center, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA 94609
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- Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
- Division of Neonatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Children today live in a world that is vastly different from a few generations ago. While industrialization has maximized (for many) children’s opportunities to survive, develop and enjoy high levels of health, education, recreation, and fulfillment, it has also added significant challenges to their development.
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- Edward A. Laws
- , School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 70803 Louisiana USA
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Spector LG, Birch J. The epidemiology of hepatoblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2012; 59:776-9. [PMID: 22692949 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Few causes of hepatoblastoma have been conclusively identified, mainly due to the extreme rarity of the disease. Inherited conditions including Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome dramatically raise risk of hepatoblastoma but account for few cases overall. A small number of case-control studies investigating risk factors for sporadic hepatoblastoma have been conducted to date. Although most of these studies feature fewer than 200 cases, several clues have emerged. Most notably there is a roughly 20-fold increased risk of hepatoblastoma among children with very low birth weight (<1,500 g) and a doubling of risk among those with moderately low birth weight (1,500-2,500 g). A modicum of evidence points to a possible role of parental tobacco use prior to or during pregnancy in the causation of hepatoblastoma as well.
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- Logan G Spector
- Division of Epidemiology/Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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Cigarette smoke contains harmful chemicals with hazardous adverse effects on almost every organ in the body of smokers as well as of nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). There has been increasing interest in the effects of passive smoking on the health of children. In order to detect the magnitude of passive smoking in children, parental questionnaires, measuring nicotine and cotinine body levels, and evaluating expired carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations, have been used. Passive smoking causes respiratory illness, asthma, poor growth, neurological disorders, and coronary heart diseases. Herein, we focused on the deleterious influences of passive smoking on immunity and liver. Besides, its effects on the concentrations of various biomarker levels related to the oxidant/antioxidant status were considered. Understanding these effects may help clinicians to counsel parents on smoking cessation and smoke exposure elimination. It may also help to develop interventions to improve the health of children. This review potentially demonstrated some nutraceuticals with a promising role in the prevention of smoking-related diseases.
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- Eman M Al-Sayed
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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Liver tumors in children can be classified into benign or malignant; some of the benign lesions can have the potential of malignant transformation, and therefore the therapeutic approach may change. These neoplasms account for nearly 1-2% of all pediatric tumors and they have gained significant attention in the last decades due to data suggesting that the incidence may be increasing 5% annually. We know that with new and improved imaging modalities some of these lesions may be detected more often than before. Recent studies showed that liver cancer represented 2% of malignancies in infants by 1980s and this was doubled in incidence to 4% in the following 10 yr. In this review our aim is to discuss all primary liver tumors in children with attention to their clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features followed by the current standard of care.
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- Sukru Emre
- Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale, New Haven, CT, USA.
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de Fine Licht S, Schmidt LS, Rod NH, Schmiegelow K, Lähteenmäki PM, Kogner P, Träger C, Stokland T, Schüz J. Hepatoblastoma in the Nordic countries. Int J Cancer 2012; 131:E555-61. [PMID: 22095187 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Little is known about the etiology of hepatoblastoma. Because of the young age at diagnosis, several studies have looked at various birth characteristics. The purpose of our study was to investigate the incidence of hepatoblastoma in the Nordic countries and the association between selected birth characteristics and hepatoblastoma. Data from national cancer registries and birth registries in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland 1985-2006 was used. Overall, 155 children with hepatoblastoma aged 0-14 years were included and individually matched to five controls drawn randomly from national population registries. The incidence rate of hepatoblastoma was 1.7 per million person-years with a predominance of boys (1.5:1). Incidence rate was highest before the age of 1 year (8.3 per million person-years). A higher risk of hepatoblastoma was found in children with birth weight <1,500 g [odds ratio (OR) = 9.5; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.3-38.2], born preterm in week 22-32 (OR = 4.5; CI: 1.8-11.5) and Apgar scores <7 after 1 min (OR = 3.1; CI: 1.3-7.1) and 5 min (OR = 7.5; CI: 1.8-32.4). A doubling in risk was found in children who were large for gestational age (OR = 2.3; CI: 1.0-5.3). No associations were found with birth order, maternal age or maternal smoking. Our study indicates that intrauterine and/or neonatal factors are associated with increased risk of hepatoblastoma. These may include low birth weight and asphyxia leading to neonatal intensive care. Alternatively, the factors may be a consequence of hepatoblastoma developing in utero.
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- S de Fine Licht
- Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Winans B, Humble MC, Lawrence BP. Environmental toxicants and the developing immune system: a missing link in the global battle against infectious disease? Reprod Toxicol 2011; 31:327-36. [PMID: 20851760 PMCID: PMC3033466 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Revised: 07/19/2010] [Accepted: 09/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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There is now compelling evidence that developmental exposure to chemicals from our environment contributes to disease later in life, with animal models supporting this concept in reproductive, metabolic, and neurodegenerative diseases. In contrast, data regarding how developmental exposures impact the susceptibility of the immune system to functional alterations later in life are surprisingly scant. Given that the immune system forms an integrated network that detects and destroys invading pathogens and cancer cells, it provides the body's first line of defense. Thus, the consequences of early life exposures that reduce immune function are profound. This review summarizes available data for pollutants such as cigarette smoke and dioxin-like compounds, which consistently support the idea that developmental exposures critically impact the immune system. These findings suggest that exposure to common chemicals from our daily environment represent overlooked contributors to the fact that infectious diseases remain among the top five causes of death worldwide.
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- Bethany Winans
- Department of Environmental Medicine and Toxicology Training Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642
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- Cellular, Organs and Systems Pathobiology Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27560
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Toxicology Training Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642
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Carozza SE, Puumala SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Von Behren J, Mueller BA, Spector LG. Parental educational attainment as an indicator of socioeconomic status and risk of childhood cancers. Br J Cancer 2010; 103:136-42. [PMID: 20531410 PMCID: PMC2905284 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Background: Little has been reported on socioeconomic (SES) patterns of risk for most forms of childhood cancer. Methods: Population-based case–control data from epidemiological studies of childhood cancer conducted in five US states were pooled and associations of maternal, paternal and household educational attainment with childhood cancers were analysed. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using logistic regression, controlling for confounders. Results: Although there was no association with parental education for the majority of cancers evaluated, there was an indication of a positive association with lower education for Hodgkin's and Burkitt's lymphoma and Wilm's tumour, with the ORs ranging from 1.5 to >3.0 times that of more educated parents. A possible protective effect was seen for lower parental education and astrocytoma and hepatoblastoma, with ORs reduced by 30 to 40%. Conclusions: These study results should be viewed as exploratory because of the broad nature of the SES assessment, but they give some indication that childhood cancer studies might benefit from a more thorough assessment of SES.
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- S E Carozza
- Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA.
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Badham HJ, LeBrun DP, Rutter A, Winn LM. Transplacental benzene exposure increases tumor incidence in mouse offspring: possible role of fetal benzene metabolism. Carcinogenesis 2010; 31:1142-8. [PMID: 20400480 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgq074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Childhood cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death in children aged 1-14 years in Canada and the USA and it has been hypothesized that transplacental exposure to environmental carcinogens such as benzene may contribute to the etiology of these cancers. Our objectives were to determine if transplacental benzene exposure increased tumor incidence in mouse offspring and assess fetal benzene metabolism capability. Pregnant CD-1 and C57Bl/6N mice were given intraperitoneal injections of corn oil, 200 mg/kg, or 400 mg/kg benzene on gestational days 8, 10, 12 and 14. A significant increase in tumor incidence was observed in CD-1, but not C57BL/6N, 1-year-old offspring exposed transplacentally to 200 mg/kg benzene. Hepatic and hematopoietic tumors were predominantly observed in male and female CD-1 offspring, respectively. Female CD-1 offspring exposed transplacentally to 200 mg/kg benzene had significantly suppressed bone marrow CD11b(+) cells 1 year after birth, correlating with reduced colony-forming unit granulocyte/macrophage numbers in 2-day-old pups. CD-1 and C57Bl/6N maternal blood benzene levels and fetal liver benzene, t, t-muconic acid, hydroquinone and catechol levels were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Significant strain-, gender- and dose-related differences were observed. Male CD-1 fetuses had high hydroquinone levels, whereas females had high catechol levels after maternal exposure to 200 mg/kg benzene. This is the first demonstration that transplacental benzene exposure can induce hepatic and hematopoietic tumors in mice, which may be dependent on fetal benzene metabolism capability.
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- Helen J Badham
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Queen's Cancer Research Institute, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Malignant liver tumors account for slightly >1% of all pediatric malignancies, with roughly 150 new cases of liver tumors diagnosed in the U.S. annually. The embryonal tumor, hepatoblastoma, accounts for two thirds of malignant liver tumors in children. Other liver malignancies in children include hepatocellular carcinoma, sarcomas, germ cell tumors, and rhabdoid tumors. Benign tumors of the liver in children include vascular tumors, hamartomas, and adenomas. There is an apparent increase in the incidence of hepatoblastoma with perinatal exposures and decreased premature infant mortality as postulated causes for this increased risk. The known causes and associations of liver tumors in children as well as the approaches to diagnosis and treatment of children are discussed in this review article.
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- Jason B Litten
- Departments of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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We confirmed the strong association of hepatoblastoma with very low birth weight (relative risk <1000 g vs >or=2000 g=25.6; 95% confidence interval: 7.70-85.0) and demonstrated independent associations with congenital abnormalities and maternal Asian race in a population-based Minnesota study that included 36 cases and 7788 controls.
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Asomaning K, Miller DP, Liu G, Wain JC, Lynch TJ, Su L, Christiani DC. Second hand smoke, age of exposure and lung cancer risk. Lung Cancer 2008; 61:13-20. [PMID: 18191495 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 11/21/2007] [Accepted: 11/25/2007] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) has been identified as a risk factor for lung cancer for three decades. It is also known that the lung continues to grow from birth to adulthood, when lung growth stops. We hypothesize that after adjusting for active cigarette smoking, if SHS exposure took place during the period of growth, i.e. in the earlier part of life (0-25 years of age) the risk of lung cancer is greater compared to an exposure occurring after age 25. METHOD Second hand smoke exposure was self-reported for three different activities (leisure, work and at home) for this study population of 1669 cases and 1263 controls. We created variables that captured location of exposure and timing of first exposure with respect to a study participant's age (0-25, >25 years of age). Multiple logistic regressions were used to study the association between SHS exposure and lung cancer, adjusting for age, gender and active smoking variables. RESULT For study participants that were exposed to SHS at both activities (work and leisure) and compared to one or no activity, the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) for lung cancer was 1.30 (1.08-1.57) when exposure occurred between birth and age 25 and 0.66 (0.21-1.57) if exposure occurred after age 25 years. Respective results for non-smokers were 1.29 (0.82-2.02) and 0.87 (0.22-3.38), and current and ex-smokers combined 1.28 (1.04-1.58) and 0.66 (0.15-2.85). CONCLUSION All individuals exposed to SHS have a higher risk of lung cancer. Furthermore, this study suggests that subjects first exposed before age 25 have a higher lung cancer risk compared to those for whom first exposure occurred after age 25 years.
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- Kofi Asomaning
- Department of Environmental Heath (Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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Buka I, Koranteng S, Osornio Vargas AR. Trends in childhood cancer incidence: review of environmental linkages. Pediatr Clin North Am 2007; 54:177-203, x. [PMID: 17306690 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2006.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cancer in children is rare and accounts for about 1% of all malignancies. In the developed world, however, it is the commonest cause of disease-related deaths in childhood, carrying with it a great economic and emotional cost. Cancers are assumed to be multivariate, multifactorial diseases that occur when a complex and prolonged process involving genetic and environmental factors interact in a multistage sequence. This article explores the available evidence for this process, primarily from the environmental linkages perspective but including some evidence of the genetic factors.
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- Irena Buka
- Paediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Misericordia Hospital, 3 West, 16940 - 87 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5R 4H5, Canada.
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Stiller CA, Pritchard J, Steliarova-Foucher E. Liver cancer in European children: Incidence and survival, 1978–1997. Report from the Automated Childhood Cancer Information System project. Eur J Cancer 2006; 42:2115-23. [PMID: 16919775 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2006] [Accepted: 05/15/2006] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Data on 849 children diagnosed with malignant hepatic tumours (International Classification of Childhood Cancer, Group VII) before the age of 15 years during 1978-1997 in Europe were extracted from the ACCIS database. Age-standardised incidence during 1988-1997 was 1.5 per million overall, 1.2 per million for hepatoblastoma and 0.2 per million for hepatic carcinoma. Over 90% of cases of hepatoblastoma occurred before age 5 years, whereas hepatic carcinoma had a fairly flat age distribution. Both tumours had an incidence in boys of 1.5-1.6 times that in girls. There were no significant time trends in incidence during 1978-1997. Five-year survival from hepatoblastoma diagnosed during 1988-1997 was 63% overall, and ranged from 52% in Eastern Europe to 84% in the North. Survival from hepatic carcinoma was much lower (37%). Between 1978-1982 and 1993-1997, 5-year survival (95% confidence interval (95% CI)) increased from 28% (95% CI 18-39) to 66% (95% CI 55-74) for hepatoblastoma and from 17% (95% CI 6-33) to 50% (95% CI 26-70) for hepatic carcinoma. These increases reflect the impact of advances in treatment of childhood liver cancer at a population level.
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- C A Stiller
- Childhood Cancer Research Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, 57 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HJ, UK.
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McLaughlin CC, Baptiste MS, Schymura MJ, Nasca PC, Zdeb MS. Maternal and infant birth characteristics and hepatoblastoma. Am J Epidemiol 2006; 163:818-28. [PMID: 16510543 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hepatoblastoma is a rare embryonal tumor with unknown etiology. The authors conducted a case-cohort study using public health surveillance data sets to examine perinatal risk factors for hepatoblastoma. Hepatoblastoma cases (n = 58) diagnosed between 1985 and 2001 were identified from the New York State Cancer Registry and were matched to electronic birth records for 1985-2001 from New York State, excluding New York City. Controls (n = 6,056) were selected from the birth cohorts for the same years. Having a birth weight less than 1,000 g was associated with a strongly increased risk of hepatoblastoma (relative risk (RR) = 56.9, 95% confidence interval (CI): 24.0, 130.7). After adjustment for birth weight, a moderately increased risk of hepatoblastoma was found for younger maternal age (<20 years vs. 20-29 years: RR = 2.5, 95% CI: 1.0, 5.5), presumptive use of infertility treatment (RR = 9.2, 95% CI: 2.1, 31.5), maternal smoking (RR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.0, 4.2), and higher maternal prepregnancy body mass index (body mass index of 25-29 vs. 20-24: RR = 2.9, 95% CI: 1.2, 7.6).
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- Colleen C McLaughlin
- New York State Cancer Registry, New York State Department of Health, Corning Tower Room 536, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0679, USA.
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Quelles sont les conséquences à court, moyen et long terme du tabagisme pendant la grossesse ? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0368-2315(05)83011-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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