2019
Immunoepidemiology of Cancer
Ma X, Wang R. Immunoepidemiology of Cancer. 2019, 215-224. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25553-4_13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune system functionTypes of cancerImmunological factorsCancer immunotherapyTreatment modalitiesChronic diseasesRadiation therapyEpidemiological studiesDrug AdministrationImmunotherapyInfectious diseasesCancerDiseaseExciting new eraSystem functionChemotherapySurgeryImmunoepidemiologyEtiologyTherapyYearsInfectionAdministrationImportant roleIncreased neonatal level of arginase 2 in cases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia implicates immunosuppression in the etiology
Nielsen AB, Zhou M, de Smith AJ, Wang R, McCoy L, Hansen H, Morimoto L, Grønbæk K, Johansen C, Kogan SC, Metayer C, Bracci PM, Ma X, Wiemels JL. Increased neonatal level of arginase 2 in cases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia implicates immunosuppression in the etiology. Haematologica 2019, 104: e514-e516. PMID: 30923090, PMCID: PMC6821599, DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2019.216465.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
A germ-line deletion of APOBEC3B does not contribute to subtype-specific childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia etiology
Wallace AD, Francis SS, Shao X, de Smith AJ, Walsh KM, Mckean-Cowdin R, Ma X, Dahl G, Barcellos LF, Wiemels JL, Metayer C. A germ-line deletion of APOBEC3B does not contribute to subtype-specific childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia etiology. Haematologica 2017, 103: e29-e31. PMID: 29025908, PMCID: PMC5777211, DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2017.179317.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Clustering in the incidence of myelodysplastic syndromes
Ma X, Selvin S, Raza A, Foti K, Mayne ST. Clustering in the incidence of myelodysplastic syndromes. Leukemia Research 2007, 31: 1683-1686. PMID: 17507092, DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.03.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence of MDSMyelodysplastic syndromePopulation-based cancer registry dataEtiology of MDSPopulation-based dataCancer registry dataGroup of malignanciesPoor prognosisObscure etiologyPotential clusteringRegistry dataHigh incidenceEtiologic hypothesesLarger sample sizeIncidenceSyndromeP-valueEtiologyFuture studiesState of ConnecticutCensus tractsSample sizeIntriguing findingPrognosisMalignancy