Epidemiology of bone tumours in children and young adults. Export

@article{citeulike:5220631, abstract = {Although the epidemiology of malignant bone tumours in children and young adults has been explored, no definitive causation of any specific tumour has yet been identified. We performed a literature review (1970-2008) to find all papers covering possible aetiological factors involved in the development of bone tumours in children and young adults. Several associations have been reported with some consistency: the presence of hernias and Ewing sarcoma; high fluoride exposure and osteosarcoma; and parental farming and residence on a farm, younger age at puberty and family history of cancer for all bone tumours, especially osteosarcoma. Clearly further research is needed to confirm or refute these putative risk factors. It is likely that studies of gene-environment interactions may prove to be the most fruitful of future research. Pediatr Blood Cancer. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.}, author = {Eyre, Rachel and Feltbower, Richard G. and Mubwandarikwa, Emmanuel and Eden, Tim O. and McNally, Richard J.}, citeulike-article-id = {5220631}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.22194}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19618453}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19618453}, day = {17}, doi = {10.1002/pbc.22194}, issn = {1545-5017}, journal = {Pediatric blood \& cancer}, keywords = {bone, cancer, fluoridation, fluoride, osteosarcoma}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2009-07-21 20:31:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Epidemiology of bone tumours in children and young adults.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.22194}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5220631 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5220631 N2 - Although the epidemiology of malignant bone tumours in children and young adults has been explored, no definitive causation of any specific tumour has yet been identified. We performed a literature review (1970-2008) to find all papers covering possible aetiological factors involved in the development of bone tumours in children and young adults. Several associations have been reported with some consistency: the presence of hernias and Ewing sarcoma; high fluoride exposure and osteosarcoma; and parental farming and residence on a farm, younger age at puberty and family history of cancer for all bone tumours, especially osteosarcoma. Clearly further research is needed to confirm or refute these putative risk factors. It is likely that studies of gene-environment interactions may prove to be the most fruitful of future research. Pediatr Blood Cancer. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc. JF - Pediatric blood & cancer SN - 1545-5017 TI - Epidemiology of bone tumours in children and young adults. KW - bone KW - cancer KW - fluoridation KW - fluoride KW - osteosarcoma AU - Eyre, Rachel AU - Feltbower, Richard AU - Mubwandarikwa, Emmanuel AU - Eden, Tim AU - McNally, Richard PY - 2009/07/17/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.22194 ER -