Temporal clustering of neuroblastic tumours in children and young adults from Ontario, Canada.
Louise HayesNermine BastaColin R MuirheadJason D PolePaul GibsonBruna Di MonteMeredith S IrwinMark GreenbergDeborah A TweddleRichard J Q McNallyPublished in: Environmental health : a global access science source (2022)
The findings are consistent with the possibility that a transient agent, such as an infection that is characterised by 'peaks and troughs' in its occurrence, might be implicated in the aetiology of neuroblastic tumours. However, this pattern may also reflect a long-term increase in the numbers of cases, rather than peaks and troughs.