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Discover and replicate a locus indexed by rs77728904 at 9p21.3 associated with BCP-ALL susceptibility

In this investigation, the authors found an association between home pesticide exposure before birth and during a child's early years and acute lymphoblastic...

This letter to the editor endorses data linkage studies and cites their potential value over other types of epidemiological studies within the field of...

This paper demonstrated that home paint exposure shortly before conception, during pregnancy, and/or after birth appeared to increase the risk of childhood ALL.

This novel approach aimed to prevent inflated hazard ratios arising from reverse causation, and allow identification of associations beyond those already...

Recent research suggests that maternal folic acid supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of childhood brain tumors (CBT); polymorphisms in folate...

Background Evidence relating childhood cancer to high birthweight is derived primarily from registry and case-control studies.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and childhood brain tumors are 2 of the most common forms of childhood cancer, but little is known of their etiology.

Our results suggest that maternal prenatal use of vitamins and folic acid reduces the risk of both ALL and AML

The polygenic nature of childhood ALL predisposition together with the timing of environmental triggers may hold vital clues for disease etiology.