Temporal clustering of neuroblastic tumours in children and young adults from Ontario, Canada

• Main Authors: Louise Hayes (Author), Nermine Basta (Author), Colin R. Muirhead (Author), Jason D. Pole (Author), Paul Gibson (Author), Bruna Di Monte (Author), Meredith S. Irwin (Author), Mark Greenberg (Author), Deborah A. Tweddle (Author), Richard J. Q. McNally (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The aetiology of neuroblastic tumours is likely to involve both genetic and environmental factors. A number of possible environmental risk factors have been suggested, including infection. If an irregular temporal pattern in incidence is found, this might suggest that a transient...