Fetal growth and body size genes and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Chokkalingam AP, Metayer C, Scelo G, Chang JS, Schiffman J, Urayama KY, Ma X, Hansen HM, Feusner JH, Barcellos LF, Wiencke JK, Wiemels JL, Buffler PA. Fetal growth and body size genes and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Causes & Control 2012, 23: 1577-1585. PMID: 22878902, PMCID: PMC3415610, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-0035-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaRisk of childhoodFetal growthLymphoblastic leukemiaNon-HispanicsPopulation-based epidemiologic studyHigh birth weightLymphoid progenitor cellsHaplotype associationIGF axisBirth weightEpidemiologic studiesPostnatal periodMalignant transformationAdditional studiesProgenitor cellsSignificant haplotype associationChildhoodRiskLeukemiaHispanicsAssociationHaplotype-based approachNPY