Association of early life factors and brain tumour risk in a cohort study.
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.
Cantwell
M M
MM
Centre for Clinical and Population Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Mulhouse Building, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, UK. m.cantwell@qub.ac.uk
Forman
M R
MR
Middleton
R J
RJ
Murray
L J
LJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries