2018
Advanced parental age as risk factor for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: results from studies of the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium
Petridou ET, Georgakis MK, Erdmann F, Ma X, Heck JE, Auvinen A, Mueller BA, Spector LG, Roman E, Metayer C, Magnani C, Pombo-de-Oliveira MS, Ezzat S, Scheurer ME, Mora AM, Dockerty JD, Hansen J, Kang AY, Wang R, Doody DR, Kane E, Rashed WM, Dessypris N, Schüz J, Infante-Rivard C, Skalkidou A. Advanced parental age as risk factor for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: results from studies of the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium. European Journal Of Epidemiology 2018, 33: 965-976. PMID: 29761423, PMCID: PMC6384148, DOI: 10.1007/s10654-018-0402-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaChildhood Leukemia International ConsortiumChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCase-control studyAdvanced parental ageLymphoblastic leukemiaOdds ratioParental agePaternal ageAdvanced maternal ageSimilar positive associationPositive associationAdverse health effectsMaternal ageRisk factorsEnrollment periodStudy designAge incrementsHealth effectsFive yearsAgeUnderlying mechanismInternational ConsortiumLeukemiaRisk
2011
Genetic variation in nucleotide excision repair pathway genes, pesticide exposure and prostate cancer risk
Barry KH, Koutros S, Andreotti G, Sandler DP, Burdette LA, Yeager M, Freeman L, Lubin JH, Ma X, Zheng T, Alavanja MC, Berndt SI. Genetic variation in nucleotide excision repair pathway genes, pesticide exposure and prostate cancer risk. Carcinogenesis 2011, 33: 331-337. PMID: 22102698, PMCID: PMC3271261, DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgr258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer riskCancer riskSingle nucleotide polymorphismsPesticide exposurePesticide applicatorsPesticide manufacturing workersCase-control studyInteraction p valueProstate cancer casesNucleotide excision repair pathway genesWild-type TT genotypeLogistic regression modelsHuman biomonitoring studiesCancer casesLifetime daysTT genotypeERCC1 rs2298881Male controlsFalse discovery rate methodIntensity scoresSignificant associationNucleotide excision repair pathwayGenotype groupsManufacturing workersUnderlying mechanismGenetic Variation in Base Excision Repair Pathway Genes, Pesticide Exposure, and Prostate Cancer Risk
Barry KH, Koutros S, Berndt SI, Andreotti G, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Burdette LA, Yeager M, Freeman LE, Lubin JH, Ma X, Zheng T, Alavanja MC. Genetic Variation in Base Excision Repair Pathway Genes, Pesticide Exposure, and Prostate Cancer Risk. Environmental Health Perspectives 2011, 119: 1726-1732. PMID: 21810555, PMCID: PMC3261977, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer riskCancer riskSingle nucleotide polymorphismsPesticide applicatorsCT/TT genotypesPesticide manufacturing workersCase-control studyProstate cancer casesLogistic regression modelsTag single nucleotide polymorphismsBase excision repair pathway genesProstate cancerCancer casesFamily historyOxidative DNA damageTT genotypeCC genotypeMale controlsExposure variablesPesticide exposureBase excision repairManufacturing workersUnderlying mechanismRiskBER genes