2022
International patterns and trends of childhood and adolescent cancer, 1978-2012
Zhao Y, Sun P, Xiao J, Jin L, Ma N, Li Z, Feng G, Huang H, Deziel N, Ma X, Ni X, Zhang Y. International patterns and trends of childhood and adolescent cancer, 1978-2012. Journal Of The National Cancer Center 2022, 2: 78-89. PMID: 39034956, PMCID: PMC11256536, DOI: 10.1016/j.jncc.2022.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer incidence ratesIncidence rateCancer incidenceMalignant central nervous system tumorsCentral nervous system tumorsOverall childhood cancerIncidence of lymphomaNervous system tumorsLeukemia incidence ratesSystem tumorsTesticular cancerChildhood cancerThyroid cancerAdolescent cancerKidney cancerJoinpoint regressionCancer incidentsAge groupsCancerCancer typesIncidenceTemporal trendsMethods DataAdolescentsChildren
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
2015
Organophosphate insecticide use and cancer incidence among spouses of pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study
Lerro CC, Koutros S, Andreotti G, Friesen MC, Alavanja MC, Blair A, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Lubin JH, Ma X, Zhang Y, Freeman L. Organophosphate insecticide use and cancer incidence among spouses of pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2015, 72: 736. PMID: 26150671, PMCID: PMC4909328, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer incidenceRelative riskCancer riskPesticide applicatorsAgricultural Health Study cohortOP useHealth Study cohortAgricultural Health StudyNon-Hodgkin lymphomaReproductive health historyStudy cohortPotential confoundersOvarian cancerThyroid cancerBreast cancerElevated riskEpidemiological studiesHealth StudyHealth historyPoisson regressionMale populationCancerFurther evaluationDemographic informationSpecific organophosphates