2013
Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic and Myeloid Leukemias by Cytogenetic Subtype
Metayer C, Zhang L, Wiemels JL, Bartley K, Schiffman J, Ma X, Aldrich MC, Chang JS, Selvin S, Fu CH, Ducore J, Smith MT, Buffler PA. Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic and Myeloid Leukemias by Cytogenetic Subtype. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2013, 22: 1600-1611. PMID: 23853208, PMCID: PMC3769478, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-13-0350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildren's passive smokingPassive smokingAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaTobacco smokeMyeloid leukemiaCytogenetic subtypesChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTICPaternal prenatal smokingPostnatal passive smokingTobacco smoke exposureRisk of childhoodMultivariable regression analysisTiming of exposureB cell precursorsHyperdiploid B cellsActive smokingPrenatal smokingTobacco smokingSmoke exposureLymphoblastic leukemiaAcute lymphoblasticAML casesElevated riskSmoking
2011
Cigarette smoking shortens the survival of patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
Ma X, Wang R, Galili N, Mayne ST, Wang SA, Yu H, Raza A. Cigarette smoking shortens the survival of patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes. Cancer Causes & Control 2011, 22: 623-629. PMID: 21287258, PMCID: PMC3086405, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9735-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesSurvival of patientsRisk of deathMyelodysplastic syndromeMDS survivalLifestyle factorsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeCox proportional hazards modelLow-risk patientsProportional hazards modelInitial clinical encounterClinical characteristicsHazard ratioIndependent predictorsPrognostic roleMDS patientsCigarette smokingPoor survivalHematological malignanciesElevated riskHazards modelPatientsSmokingClinical encounters