Sex differences in childhood cancer risk among children with major birth defects: a Nordic population-based nested case-control study.
Dagrun Slettebø DaltveitKari KlungsøyrAnders EngelandAnders EkbomGissler MikaIngrid GlimeliusTom GrotmolLaura Madanat-HarjuojaAnne Gulbech OrdingHenrik Toft SørensenRebecca TroisiTone BjørgePublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2022)
The birth defect-cancer associations were generally stronger among females than males. Birth defects did not act as a strong mediator for the modest differences in childhood cancer risk by sex, suggesting that other biological pathways are involved.