Childhood cancer is a rare disease that may be triggered prenatally. The few known causes
of pediatric cancers include ionizing radiation, Down syndrome, and some genetic or …

Background: Studies have shown that higher solar UV radiation exposure (UVR) may be
related to lower risk of some cancers in adults. Recently, an ecologic study reported lower …

Purpose Previous studies have suggested a role for parental diet in childhood cancer
prevention, but there are few studies of retinoblastoma. The aim of this study was to examine …

Background: Studies have shown that higher solar UV radiation exposure (UVR) may be
related to lower risk of some cancers in adults. Recently an ecological study reported lower …

Recent increases in incidence of childhood cancers cannot be explained by genetic factors.
Identifying the environmental risk factors that may explain increases in cancer incidence is …

The etiology of childhood cancer remains unexplained in a majority of cases. Cancer is the
leading cause of death by disease in children in the US. Ionizing radiation and certain …

Previous studies have associated maternal diet during pregnancy with the development of
sporadic unilateral retinoblastoma (RB), but few studies have focused on the role of …

Childhood cancer remains the second most common cause of death in children living in the
United States and Europe. Research to date has revealed little about the etiology of these …

ABSTRACT “In humans, cancer may be caused by genetics and environmental exposures;
however, in the majority of instances the identification of the critical time window of exposure …

With the exception of a small percentage of cases attributable to hereditary cancer
syndromes (eg, familial retinoblastoma) or genetic syndromes (Down syndrome), the …