Fetal Growth and Childhood Cancer: A Population-Based Study

: Bjorge T, Sorensen HT, Grotmol T, Engeland A, Stephansson O, Gissler M, Tretli S, Troisi R

Publisher: AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS

: 2013

Pediatrics

: PEDIATRICS

: 132

: 5

: E1265

: E1275

: 11

: 0031-4005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1317

CONCLUSIONS: In this large, Nordic population-based study, increased risks for several childhood tumors were associated with measures of fetal growth, supporting the hypothesis that tumorigenesis manifesting in childhood is initiated in utero.

birth weight, childhood cancer, fetal growth, nested case-control study