Association of early life factors and brain tumour risk in a cohort study

• Published in: British journal of cancer Vol. 99; no. 5; pp. 796 - 799
• Main Authors: Cantwell, M M, Forman, M R, Middleton, R J, Murray, L J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.09.2008; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Birth weight; Births; Brain cancer; Brain Neoplasms - epidemiology; Brain Neoplasms - etiology; Brain research; Cancer Research; Child; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Childrens health; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Drug Resistance; Epidemiology; Female; Gestational age; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Male; Medical research; Medical sciences; Molecular Medicine; Mothers; Neurology; Oncology; Registries; Short Communication; Social classes; Tumors; Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses; United Kingdom > UK; Northern Ireland; United States > US; childhood; early life factors; brain tumour; Human; Nervous system diseases; Epidemiology; Intracranial tumor; Cerebral disorder; Cancerology; Cohort study; Central nervous system disease; Risk factor; Early; Child
• ISSN: 0007-0920; 1532-1827
• DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604615

Using population-based linked birth and cancer registry data, we investigated whether the risk of brain tumour in childhood ( n =155) was associated with perinatal risk factors. This population-based cohort showed that being born into a larger family or to a mother with a history of miscarriage may increase childhood brain tumour risk.