2025
Perinatal Exposures to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Deziel N, Wang R, Warren J, Dinauer C, Ogilvie J, Clark C, Zhong C, Wiemels J, Morimoto L, Metayer C, Ma X. Perinatal Exposures to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Risk of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives 2025, 133: 057026. PMID: 40209106, PMCID: PMC12121722, DOI: 10.1289/ehp14849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAir PollutantsCaliforniaCarcinoma, PapillaryCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLightingMaleParticulate MatterPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsRisk FactorsThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsYoung AdultConceptsThyroid cancer riskOutdoor artificial lightAmbient fine particulate matterCancer riskOdds ratioAge groupsConfidence intervalsExposure to ambient fine particulate matterIndividual-level exposuresAssociated with thyroid cancerPediatric thyroid cancer incidenceControls frequency-matchedPapillary thyroid cancer riskThyroid cancer incidenceFine particulate matterCalifornia birth cohortOutdoor air pollutionAerodynamic diameter <Case-control studyHypothesized risk factorsStatistically significant associationCancer incidenceThyroid cancerExposure tertilesFrequency-matched
2022
International patterns and trends of childhood and adolescent cancer, 1978-2012
Zhao Y, Sun P, Xiao J, Jin L, Ma N, Li Z, Feng G, Huang H, Deziel N, Ma X, Ni X, Zhang Y. International patterns and trends of childhood and adolescent cancer, 1978-2012. Journal Of The National Cancer Center 2022, 2: 78-89. PMID: 39034956, PMCID: PMC11256536, DOI: 10.1016/j.jncc.2022.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer incidence ratesIncidence rateCancer incidenceMalignant central nervous system tumorsCentral nervous system tumorsOverall childhood cancerIncidence of lymphomaNervous system tumorsLeukemia incidence ratesSystem tumorsTesticular cancerChildhood cancerThyroid cancerAdolescent cancerKidney cancerJoinpoint regressionCancer incidentsAge groupsCancerCancer typesIncidenceTemporal trendsMethods DataAdolescentsChildren
2019
Parental age and the risk of childhood acute myeloid leukemia: results from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium
Panagopoulou P, Skalkidou A, Marcotte E, Erdmann F, Ma X, Heck JE, Auvinen A, Mueller BA, Spector LG, Roman E, Metayer C, Magnani C, Pombo-de-Oliveira MS, Scheurer ME, Mora AM, Dockerty JD, Hansen J, Kang AY, Wang R, Doody DR, Kane E, Schüz J, Christodoulakis C, Ntzani E, Petridou ET, group F, group N. Parental age and the risk of childhood acute myeloid leukemia: results from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium. Cancer Epidemiology 2019, 59: 158-165. PMID: 30776582, PMCID: PMC7098424, DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2019.01.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood Leukemia International ConsortiumAcute myeloid leukemiaAML riskOdds ratioMyeloid leukemiaParental ageChildhood acute myeloid leukemiaPaternal age groupsInfants of mothersConfidence intervalsAdvanced maternal ageMultiple logistic regressionPooled-effect estimatesInfant acute myeloid leukemiaMaternal smokingMultiple gestationsMaternal ageChildhood cancerAML casesAge groupsLogistic regressionStudy designAge incrementsOlder childrenAge
2018
Neonatal Hormone Concentrations and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors (TGCT)
Morimoto LM, Zava D, McGlynn KA, Stanczyk FZ, Kang AY, Ma X, Wiemels JL, Metayer C. Neonatal Hormone Concentrations and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors (TGCT). Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2018, 27: 488-495. PMID: 29475970, PMCID: PMC5884718, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-17-0879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHormone levelsTGCT riskTesticular germ cell tumor incidencePopulation-based case-control studyNon-Hispanic white subjectsAbrupt hormonal changesTumor histologic subtypeCase-control studySex steroid hormonesEarly fetal developmentLogistic regression modelsNeonatal androgensHistologic subtypeNeonatal periodTumor incidenceAndrogen levelsHormone imbalanceHormonal changesFetal developmentAge groupsWhite subjectsSteroid hormonesBlood spotsLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometryTGCT
2017
Parental Age and Risk of Pediatric Cancer in the Offspring: A Population-Based Record-Linkage Study in California
Wang R, Metayer C, Morimoto L, Wiemels JL, Yang J, DeWan AT, Kang A, Ma X. Parental Age and Risk of Pediatric Cancer in the Offspring: A Population-Based Record-Linkage Study in California. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2017, 186: 843-856. PMID: 28535175, PMCID: PMC5860074, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecord linkage studyMaternal ageOdds ratioPediatric cancerParental agePopulation-based record linkage studyCentral nervous system tumorsRisk of lymphomaPopulation-based studyCancer registry dataNervous system tumorsRisk of leukemiaAge group 0Ages 0Pediatric cancer riskOlder paternal ageOlder age groupsTypes of cancerSystem tumorsRegistry dataCancer riskHigh riskGroup 0Birth recordsAge groups
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