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Acoustic Neuroma


Preetha Rajaraman, Anneclaire De Roos, Patricia Stewart, Martha Linet, Peter Inskip
Occupational risk factors for meningiomas and acoustic neuromas in the United States
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 44, 2nd ed., July 2003, Abstract No. R6391
 


Acromegaly


D. Baris, A. Ekbom, J.H. Olsen, J.A. Baron, J.F. Fraumeni, Jr
Acromegaly and cancer risk: a cohort study in Sweden and Denmark
Cancer Causes and Control, 13 (5): 395-400, June 2002 
 


Anorexia Nervosa


Lene Mellemkjær, Charlotte Emborg, Gloria Gridley, Povl Munk-Jørgensen, Christoffer Johansen, Anne Tjønneland, Susanne Krüger Kjær, Jørgen H. Olsen
Anorexia nervosa and cancer risk
Cancer Causes and Control, 12 (2): 173-177, February 2001   


Atopy


Linos E, Raine T, Alonso A, Michaud D
Atopy and Risk of Brain Tumors: A Meta-analysis
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Oct 17;99(20):1544-50. Epub 2007 Oct 9
 Abstract |  Full Text | DBLinks | BL 7:10


Brain Tumors


Bauchet L, Rigau V, Mathieu-Daude H, Figarella-Branger D, Hugues D, Palusseau L, Bauchet F, Fabbro M, Campello C, Capelle L, Durand A, Tretarre B, Frappaz D, Henin D, Menei P, Honnorat J, Segnarbieux F.
French brain tumor data bank: Methodology and first results on 10,000 cases.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Apr 13; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17431547 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Brenner AV, Linet MS, Fine HA, Shapiro WR, Selker RG, Black PM, Inskip PD
History of allergies and autoimmune diseases and risk of brain tumors in adults
Int J Cancer. 2002 May 10; 99(2): 252-9. 

Richard W Clapp
Mortality among US employees of a large computer manufacturing company: 1969–2001
Environ Health. 2006 Oct 19;5:30
Abstract | Full Text | Reprint | News

S. Cordera, E. Bottacchi, G. D'Alessandro, D. Machado, F. De Gonda, G. Corso
Epidemiology of primary intracranial tumours in NW Italy, a population based study: stable incidence in the last two decades
Journal of Neurology, Volume 249 Issue 3 (2002) pp 281-284 

Davis FS
Epidemiology of brain tumors
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2007 Dec;7(12 Suppl):S3-6
Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:2

Dearlove JV, Fisher PG, Buffler PA
Family History of Cancer Among Children With Brain Tumors: A Critical Review
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Jan;30(1):8-14
Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:2

Biserka Dobec-Meić, Slaven Pikija, Danijel Cvetko, Vladimir Trkulja, Leo Pažanin, Nenad Kudelić, Krešimir Rotim, Ivan Pavliček and  Ruža Kostanjevec
Intracranial tumors in adult population of the Varaždin County (Croatia) 1996–2004: a population-based retrospective incidence study
J Neurooncol. 2006 Jul;78(3):303-10. Epub 2006 Apr 7.
Abstract

Zixing Fang, Martin Kulldorff, And David I. Gregorio
Brain cancer mortality in the United States, 1986 to 1995: A geographic analysis
Neuro-Oncology, Vol. 6, No. 3, July 2004, 179 -- 187 (Abstract+)

Fisher JL, Schwartzbaum JA, Wrensch M, Wiemels JL.
Epidemiology of brain tumors.
Neurol Clin. 2007 Nov;25(4):867-90.
Abstract

Haidar S, Burns C, Birdsong K, Bodner K, Salazar E, Collins JJ.
Mortality among chemical workers at Texas City plant: 1940-2001
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2008 Mar 26; [Epub ahead of print]
 Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:7

Kari Hemminki, Xinjun Li, V. Peter Collins
Parental Cancer as a Risk Factor for Brain Tumors (Sweden)
Cancer Causes and Control, 12 (3): 195-199, April 2001 

Sara Hoffman, Jennifer M. Propp, and Bridget J. McCarthy
Temporal trends in incidence of primary brain tumors in the United States, 1985-1999
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(1): 27-37; DOI:10.1215/S1522851705000323
Full Text | Reprint | DBLinks

Holick CN, Giovannucci EL, Rosner B, Stampfer MJ, Michaud DS. 
Prospective study of cigarette smoking and adult glioma: Dosage, duration, and latency.
Neuro-oncol. 2007 May 15; [Epub ahead of print]

Herbert H. Engelhard III, Kimberly R. Porter, Andrew K. Stewart, Jeffrey J. Olson
Overview of the results of the Commission on Cancer's Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumor Patient Care Evaluation Study
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 45, March 2004, Abstract Number: 5242. 

Herbert H. Engelhard III, Kimberly R. Porter, Andrew K. Stewart, Jeffrey J. Olson
Distribution of genetic predisposition and past history of cancer in 9672 patients with primary central nervous system tumors
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 45, March 2004, Abstract Number: 5243. 

Sarah J. Hepworth, Richard G. Feltbower and Patricia A. McKinney
Childhood leukaemias and CNS tumours: Correlation of international incidence rates
European Journal of Cancer, Vol 42, Issue 4, March 2006, Pages 509-513; Available online 10 Jan 2006; DOI:10.1016/j.ejca.2005.07.036 
Abstract

Peter D. Inskip, Lene Mellemkjaer, Gloria Gridley, Jørgen H. Olsen
Incidence of intracranial tumors following hospitalization for head injuries (Denmark)
Cancer Causes and Control, 9 (1): 109-116, January 1998

Kang D, Davis LK, Hunt P, Kriebel D.
Cancer incidence among male Massachusetts firefighters, 1987-2003
Am J Ind Med. 2008 May;51(5):329-35. Published Online: 27 Feb 2008
 Abstract |  News | DBLinks | BL 7:10

Liu HE, Hsiao PY, Lee CC, Lee JA, Chen HY.
NAT2*7 Allele Is a Potential Risk Factor for Adult Brain Tumors in Taiwanese Population
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Mar 1;17(3):661-5
 Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:7

Mahajan R, Blair A, Coble J, Lynch CF, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Alavanja MC.
Carbaryl exposure and incident cancer in the Agricultural Health Study.
Int J Cancer. 2007 Oct 15;121(8):1799-805. Epub 2007 May 29
Abstract

Mahindra AK, Grossman SA
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV negative patients with primary brain tumors
J Neurooncol. 2003 Jul;63(3):263-70 

Catharina Nygren, Johanna Adami, Weimin Ye, Rino Bellocco, Jean-Luc af Geijerstam, Jörgen Borg, Olof Nyrén
Primary brain tumors following traumatic brain injury a population-based cohort study in Sweden
Cancer Causes and Control, 12 (8): 733-737, October 2001  

Pasetto R, Biggeri A, Comba P, Pirastu R.
[Mortality in the cohort of workers of the petrochemical plant in Gela (Sicily) 1960-2002]
Epidemiol Prev. 2007 Jan-Feb;31(1):39-45. Italian.
PMID: 17591403 [PubMed - in process]

Pirouzmand F, Sadanand V.
The incidence trends of primary brain tumors in Saskatchewan from 1970 to 2001.
Can J Neurol Sci. 2007 May;34(2):181-6.
PMID: 17598595 [PubMed - in process]

Radhakrishnan K, Mokri B, Parisi JE, O'Fallon WM, Sunku J, Kurland LT.
The trends in incidence of primary brain tumors in the population of Rochester, Minnesota
Ann Neurol 1995 Jan;37(1):67-73 


Mati Rahu, Kaja Rahu, Anssi Auvinen, Mare Tekkel, Aivars Stengrevics, Timo Hakulinen, John D. Boice Jr, Peter D. Inskip
Cancer risk among chernobyl cleanup workers in Estonia and Latvia, 1986-1998
Int J Cancer. 2006 Jul 1;119(1):162-8; Published Online: 23 Jan 2006; DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21733

Stålberg K, Haglund B, Axelsson O, Cnattingius S, Pfeifer S, Kieler H.
Prenatal ultrasound and the risk of childhood brain tumour and its subtypes
Br J Cancer. 2008 Apr 8;98(7):1285-7. Epub 2008 Mar 18
 Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:7

Takebayashi T, Varsier N, Kikuchi Y, Wake K, Taki M, Watanabe S, Akiba S, Yamaguchi N
Mobile phone use, exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic field, and brain tumour: a case-control study
Br J Cancer. 2008 Feb 12;98(3):652-9. Epub 2008 Feb 5
 Abstract |  Full Text |  Reprint | DBLinks | BL 7:4

Gitty A.C. van der Sanden, Leo J. Schouten, Jan Willem W. Coebergh
Incidence of primary cancer of the central nervous system in southeastern Netherlands during the period 1980-94
Cancer Causes and Control, 9 (2): 225-228, March 1998
 

Stalberg K, Haglund B, Axelsson O, Cnattingius S, Pfeifer S, Kieler H.
Prenatal X-ray exposure and childhood brain tumours: a population-based case-control study on tumour subtypes.
Br J Cancer. 2007 Oct 30; [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract

Walker AE, Robins M, Weinfeld FD
Epidemiology of brain tumors: the national survey of intracranial neoplasms
Neurology. 1985 Feb; 35(2): 219-26. 


Edwin van Wijngaarden, Mustafa Dosemeci
Brain cancer mortality and potential occupational exposure to lead: Findings from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study, 1979-1989
International Journal of Cancer, Volume 119, Issue 5, 1 September 2006, Pages 1136-1144; Published Online: 28 Mar 2006

Searles Nielsen S, Mueller BA, Preston-Martin S, Holly EA, Little J, Bracci PM, McCredie M, Peris-Bonet R, Cordier S, Filippini G, Lubin F
Family cancer history and risk of brain tumors in children: results of the SEARCH international brain tumor study
Cancer Causes Control. 2008 Feb 16; [Epub ahead of print]
 Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:5


Cancer Research


Bates MN.
Registry-based case-control study of cancer in California firefighters.
Am J Ind Med. 2007 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17427202 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Catherine H. MacLean, MD, PhD; Sydne J. Newberry, PhD; Walter A. Mojica, MD, MPH; Puja Khanna, MD; Amalia M. Issa, MPH, PhD; Marika J. Suttorp, MS; Yee-Wee Lim, MD, PhD; Shana B. Traina, MA; Lara Hilton, BA; Rena Garland, BA; Sally C. Morton, PhD
Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Cancer Risk. A Systematic Review
JAMA, Vol. 295 No. 4, Pages 403-415. January 25, 2006
Abstract | BrainLife | News News

Spix C, Eletr D, Blettner M, Kaatsch P
Temporal trends in the incidence rate of childhood cancer in Germany 1987-2004
Int J Cancer. 2008 Apr 15;122(8):1859-67. Published Online: 12 Dec 2007
 Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:6

Strohsnitter WC, Savarese TM, Low HP, Chelmow DP, Lagiou P, Lambe M, Edmiston K, Liu Q, Baik I, Noller KL, Adami HO, Trichopoulos D, Hsieh CC
Correlation of umbilical cord blood haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell levels with birth weight: implications for a prenatal influence on cancer risk
Br J Cancer. 2008 Feb 5; 98(3):660-3
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DBLinks | BL 7:4

Michelle C. Turner, Yue Chen, Daniel Krewski, Parviz Ghadirian
An overview of the association between allergy and cancer
Int J Cancer. 2006 Jun 15;118(12):3124-32; Published Online: 4 Jan 2006: DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21752


PCNS Lymphoma


Haldorsen IS, Krossnes BK, Aarseth JH, Scheie D, Johannesen TB, Mella O, Espeland A.
Increasing incidence and continued dismal outcome of primary central nervous system lymphoma in Norway 1989-2003 : time trends in a 15-year national survey.
Cancer. 2007 Oct 15;110(8):1803-14
Abstract | DBLinks


Germ Cell Tumors


Keene D, Johnston D, Strother D, Fryer C, Carret AS, Crooks B, Eisenstat D, Moghrabi A, Wilson B, Brossard J, Mpofu C, Odame I, Zelcer S, Silva M, Samson Y, Hand J, Bouffet E; Canadian Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium.
Epidemiological survey of central nervous system germ cell tumors in Canadian children.
J Neurooncol. 2007 May;82(3):289-95. Epub 2006 Nov 22.
PMID: 17120159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


Glioblastoma


Scott JN, Rewcastle NB, Brasher PM, Fulton D, MacKinnon JA, Hamilton M, Cairncross JG, Forsyth P
Which glioblastoma multiforme patient will become a long-term survivor? A population-based study
Ann Neurol. 1999 Aug;46(2):183-8 

Scott JN, Rewcastle NB, Brasher PM, Fulton D, Hagen NA, MacKinnon JA, Sutherland G, Cairncross JG, Forsyth P
Long-term glioblastoma multiforme survivors: a population-based study
Can J Neurol Sci. 1998 Aug;25(3):197-201
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Gliomas


Bethke L, Sullivan K, Webb E, Murray A, Schoemaker M, Auvinen A, Kiuru A, Salminen T, Johansen C, Christensen HC, Muir K, McKinney P, Hepworth S, Dimitropoulou P, Lophatananon A, Feychting M, Lönn S, Ahlbom A, Malmer B, Henriksson R, Swerdlow A, Houlston R.
The Common D302H Variant of CASP8 Is Associated with Risk of Glioma
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Apr 1;17(4):987-9
 Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:8

Jimmy T. Efird, Gary D. Friedman, Stephen Sidney, Arthur Klatsky, Laurel A. Habel, Natalia V. Udaltsova, Stephen Van Den Eeden, Lorene M. Nelson
The Risk for Malignant Primary Adult-Onset Glioma in a Large, Multiethnic, Managed-Care Cohort: Cigarette Smoking and Other Lifestyle Behaviors
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 68 (1): 57-69, May 2004. 

Birgitta Floderus, Carin Stenlund, Tomas Persson
Occupational magnetic field exposure and site-specific cancer incidence: a Swedish cohort study
Cancer Causes and Control, 10 (5): 323-332, August 23 1999 


Lonn S, Inskip PD, Pollak MN, Weinstein SJ, Virtamo J, Albanes D.
Glioma risk in relation to serum levels of insulin-like growth factors.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Apr;16(4):844-6.
PMID: 17416782 [PubMed - in process]

Musicco M, Sant M, Molinari S, Filippini G, Gatta G, Berrino F
A case-control study of brain gliomas and occupational exposure to chemical carcinogens: the risk to farmers
Am J Epidemiol 1988 Oct;128(4):778-85 

O'Neill BP, Blondal H, Yang P, Olafsdottir GH, Sigvaldason H, Jenkins RB, Kimmel DW, Scheithauer BW, Rocca WA, Bjornsson J, Tulinius H
Risk of cancer among relatives of patients with glioma
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2002 Sep;11(9):921-4 

Scott JN, Brasher PM, Sevick RJ, Rewcastle NB, Forsyth PA
How often are nonenhancing supratentorial gliomas malignant? A population study
Neurology. 2002 Sep 24;59(6):947-9 


Schwartzbaum J, Jonsson F, Ahlbom A, Preston-Martin S, Malmer B, Lonn S, Soderberg K, Feychting M
Prior hospitalization for epilepsy, diabetes, and stroke and subsequent glioma and meningioma risk
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Mar;14(3):643-50

Silvera SA, Miller AB, Rohan TE
Cigarette smoking and risk of glioma: A prospective cohort study
Int J Cancer. 2005 Oct 10; [Epub ahead of print].

M. B. Streiff, E. G. Weir, T. S. Kickler, M. Htut, S. A. Grossman
ABO blood group is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism in patients with malignant gliomas
39th ASCO Annual Meeting. Chicago,IL. May 31-June 3, 2003. Abstract No. 450 



Medulloblastoma


Greta R. Bunin, Paul R. Gallagher, Lucy B. Rorke-Adams, Leslie L. Robison and Avital Cnaan
Maternal Supplement, Micronutrient, and Cured Meat Intake during Pregnancy and Risk of Medulloblastoma during Childhood: A Children's Oncology Group Study
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Sep 1;15(9):1660-7
Abstract | News

Greta R. Bunin, Leslie L. Robison, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Ian F. Pollack and Lucy B. Rorke-Adams
Parental Heat Exposure and Risk of Childhood Brain Tumor: A Children's Oncology Group Study
American Journal of Epidemiology 2006 (1 August) 164(3):222-231; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj174, Originally published online on June 14, 2006


Meningioma


Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Kruchko C. 
Meningiomas: causes and risk factors.
Neurosurg Focus. 2007 Oct;23(4):E2.
Full Text | Reprint

Bethke L, Murray A, Webb E, Schoemaker M, Muir K, McKinney P, Hepworth S, Dimitropoulou P, Lophatananon A, Feychting M, Lönn S, Ahlbom A, Malmer B, Henriksson R, Auvinen A, Kiuru A, Salminen T, Johansen C, Christensen HC, Kosteljanetz M, Swerdlow A, Houlston R
Comprehensive analysis of DNA repair gene variants and risk of meningioma
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Feb 20;100(4):270-6. Epub 2008 Feb 12
 Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:6

Blitshteyn S, Crook JE, Jaeckle KA
Is there an association between meningioma and hormone replacement therapy?
J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jan 10;26(2):279-82
Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:3

Deirdre A. Hill, Martha S. Linet, Peter M. Black, Howard A. Fine, Robert G. Selker, William R. Shapiro, and Peter D. Inskip
Meningioma and schwannoma risk in adults in relation to family history of cancer

Neuro-oncol, 6(4):274-280, Oct 2004. (Abstract+)

Claudine M. Samanic, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Patricia A. Stewart, Preetha Rajaraman, Martha A. Waters and Peter D. Inskip
Occupational Exposure to Pesticides and Risk of Adult Brain Tumors
American Journal of Epidemiology 2008 167(8):976-985; doi:10.1093/aje/kwm401
; originally published online on February 24, 2008
 Abstract |  News | DBLinks | BL 7:10

Annette Wigertz, Stefan Lönn, Tiit Mathiesen, Anders Ahlbom, Per Hall, Maria Feychting and the Swedish INTERPHONE Study Group
Risk of Brain Tumors Associated with Exposure to Exogenous Female Sex Hormones
Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Oct 1;164(7):629-36. Epub 2006 Jul 11
Abstract


Metastatic Tumors


Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Andrew E. Sloan, Faith G. Davis, Fawn D. Vigneau, Ping Lai, Raymond E. Sawaya
Incidence proportions of brain metastases in the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System (MDCSS) 1973-2001
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 45, March 2004, Abstract Number: 5240. 


Pediatric Brain Tumors


Broniscer A, Ke W, Fuller CE, Wu J, Gajjar A, Kun LE
Second neoplasms in pediatric patients with primary central nervous system tumors: the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience
Cancer. 2004 May 15;100(10):2246-52. 

Carpentieri SC, Meyer EA, Delaney BL, Victoria ML, Gannon BK, Doyle JM, Kieran MW
Psychosocial and behavioral functioning among pediatric brain tumor survivors
J Neurooncol. 2003 Jul;63(3):279-87 

Sylvaine Cordier, Laurence Mandereau, Susan Preston-Martin, Julian Little, Flora Lubin, Beth Mueller, Elisabeth Holly, Graziella Filippini, Rafael Peris-Bonet, Margaret McCredie, N. W. Choi, Annie Arslan
Parental occupations and childhood brain tumors: results of an international casecontrol study
Cancer Causes and Control, 12 (9): 865-874, November 2001 
 

S. Cordier, G. Filippini, R. Peris-Bonet, M. Farinotti, G. Lovicu, L. Mandereau
Parental occupation, occupational exposure to solvents and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk of childhood brain tumors (Italy, France, Spain)
Cancer Causes and Control, 8 (5): 688-697, 1997 


Maria Feychting, Birgitta Floderus, Anders Ahlbom
Parental occupational exposure to magnetic fields and childhood cancer (Sweden)
Cancer Causes and Control, 11 (2): 151-156, February 2000 

James G. Gurney, Donna A. Wall, Patti J. Jukich, Faith G. Davis
The contribution of nonmalignant tumors to CNS tumor incidence rates among children in the United States
Cancer Causes & Control, 10 (2): 101-105, April 1999 
 

Preston-Martin S, Pogoda JM, Mueller BA, Lubin F, Modan B, Holly EA, Filippini G, Cordier S, Peris-Bonet R, Choi W, Little J, Arslan A
Prenatal vitamin supplementation and pediatric brain tumors: huge international variation in use and possible reduction in risk


Rafael Peris-Bonet, Carmen Martínez-García, Brigitte Lacour, Svetlana Petrovich, Begoña Giner-Ripoll, Aurora Navajas and Eva Steliarova-Foucher
Childhood central nervous system tumours – incidence and survival in Europe (1978–1997): Report from Automated Childhood Cancer Information System project
Eur J Cancer. 2006 Sep;42(13):2064-80. Epub 2006 Aug 17. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2006.05.009 


Pilocytic Astrocytoma


Burkhard C, Di Patre PL, Schuler D, Schuler G, Yasargil MG, Yonekawa Y, Lutolf UM, Kleihues P, Ohgaki H
A population-based study of the incidence and survival rates in patients with pilocytic astrocytoma
J Neurosurg. 2003 Jun;98(6):1170-4 

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