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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.
This Australia-wide study examines whether maternal intake of folate and vitamins B6 and B12 during pregnancy is associated with development of brain tumors...
This paper examined the link between UV exposure and vitamin D production in young children to determine how long it takes for sun exposure to affect serum...
Laboratory Head, Translational Genomics in Leukaemia, Ursula Kees Fellow (CCRF), Cancer Council WA Fellow (CCWA), Senior Research Fellow (UWA), University Associate (Curtin)
Growing evidence supports a role for infection in the etiology of ALL and the involvement of immune systems suggests that vaccination may also play a role.
This is the first study to examine the associations between a range of blood micronutrient levels and DNA damage in healthy children.
In this case-control study of CBT, the possible associations of childhood intake of dietary and supplemental folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 with the...