2020
Birth Characteristics and Risk of Pediatric Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Based Record-Linkage Study in California
Deziel N, Zhang Y, Wang R, Wiemels JL, Morimoto L, Clark CJ, Metayer C, Ma X. Birth Characteristics and Risk of Pediatric Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Based Record-Linkage Study in California. Thyroid 2020, 31: 596-606. PMID: 32912083, PMCID: PMC8195873, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2020.0217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge of OnsetBirth CertificatesBirth OrderBirth WeightCaliforniaCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolEducational StatusFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornMaleRace FactorsRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSex FactorsThyroid NeoplasmsTime FactorsYoung AdultConceptsPediatric thyroid cancerHigh birth weightFollicular thyroid cancerThyroid cancerHigher birth orderBirth characteristicsRisk factorsHispanic ethnicityBirth weightOdds ratioFirst primary thyroid cancerPapillary thyroid cancer casesBirth orderMultivariable logistic regression modelSecond primary malignanciesLong-term therapyAdjusted odds ratioPopulation-based studyPrimary thyroid cancerRecord linkage studyConfidence intervalsImportant risk factorCancer registry dataCase-control studyThyroid cancer cases
2017
Parental Age and Risk of Pediatric Cancer in the Offspring: A Population-Based Record-Linkage Study in California
Wang R, Metayer C, Morimoto L, Wiemels JL, Yang J, DeWan AT, Kang A, Ma X. Parental Age and Risk of Pediatric Cancer in the Offspring: A Population-Based Record-Linkage Study in California. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2017, 186: 843-856. PMID: 28535175, PMCID: PMC5860074, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecord linkage studyMaternal ageOdds ratioPediatric cancerParental agePopulation-based record linkage studyCentral nervous system tumorsRisk of lymphomaPopulation-based studyCancer registry dataNervous system tumorsRisk of leukemiaAge group 0Ages 0Pediatric cancer riskOlder paternal ageOlder age groupsTypes of cancerSystem tumorsRegistry dataCancer riskHigh riskGroup 0Birth recordsAge groups
2016
Cesarean Section and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Population-Based, Record-Linkage Study in California
Wang R, Wiemels JL, Metayer C, Morimoto L, Francis SS, Kadan-Lottick N, DeWan AT, Zhang Y, Ma X. Cesarean Section and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Population-Based, Record-Linkage Study in California. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2016, 185: 96-105. PMID: 27986703, PMCID: PMC5253971, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective C-sectionAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaC-sectionCesarean sectionLymphoblastic leukemiaHigh riskPopulation-based case-control studyPeak ageEmergency C-sectionRecord linkage studyCancer registry dataCase-control studyPotential risk factorsEtiology of childhoodRelationship of modeVaginal deliveryRisk factorsRole of deliveryRegistry dataElevated riskBirth recordsInaccurate recallChildhoodRiskBirth weight and risk of paediatric Hodgkin lymphoma: Findings from a population-based record linkage study in California
Triebwasser C, Wang R, DeWan AT, Metayer C, Morimoto L, Wiemels JL, Kadan-Lottick N, Ma X. Birth weight and risk of paediatric Hodgkin lymphoma: Findings from a population-based record linkage study in California. European Journal Of Cancer 2016, 69: 19-27. PMID: 27814470, PMCID: PMC5125877, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAge of OnsetBirth OrderBirth WeightCaliforniaCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolEthnicityFemaleFetal MacrosomiaHodgkin DiseaseHumansInfantInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornInformation Storage and RetrievalLogistic ModelsMaleMaternal AgeOdds RatioPaternal AgeRisk FactorsConceptsAge of diagnosisPediatric Hodgkin lymphomaHigh birth weightBirth weightTime of deliveryHodgkin's lymphomaOdds ratioPopulation-based record linkage studyPopulation-based case-control studyBirth orderNormal birth weightRecord linkage studyCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionMagnitude of associationSubgroup of childrenPerinatal factorsMaternal ageEtiological investigationBirth recordsPaternal ageHL casesDisease riskLogistic regressionDiagnosis
2015
Birth weight, fetal growth, and risk of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma: an updated record linkage study in California
Morimoto LM, McCauley K, Ma X, Wiemels JL, Chokkalingam AP, Metayer C. Birth weight, fetal growth, and risk of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma: an updated record linkage study in California. Annals Of Epidemiology 2015, 26: 141-145. PMID: 26795698, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of rhabdomyosarcomaHigh birth weightBirth weightGestational ageNon-Hispanic white childrenPost-term babiesCalifornia Cancer RegistryNormal gestational ageRecord linkage studyConditional logistic regressionCalifornia birth recordsNon-Hispanic whitesIndication of associationCancer RegistryBirth characteristicsFetal growthPediatric rhabdomyosarcomaRMS casesLower riskBirth recordsEthnic groupsLarger studyLogistic regressionWhite childrenAge