Background Survival and cure rates for childhood cancers in Europe have greatly improved
over the past 40 years and are mostly good, although not in all European countries. The …

Abstract Objectives: From August 1st to 20th, 2003, the mean maximum temperature in
France exceeded the seasonal norm by 11–12° C on nine consecutive days. A major …

Objective We studied the relation between Parkinson disease (PD) and professional
exposure to pesticides in a community‐based case‐control study conducted in a population …

Abstract Introduction Childhood Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare and poorly
understood multisystemic disease. The French National Registry of Childhood …

Abstract Background Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) comprises biologically and clinically
heterogeneous subtypes. Previously, study size has limited the ability to compare and …

Cancer epidemiology has undergone marked development since the 1950s. One of the
most spectacular and specific contributions was the demonstration of the massive effect of …

Abstract The French National Registry of Childhood Haematopoietic Malignancies and the
French National Registry of Childhood Solid Tumours jointly ensure the surveillance of …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have previously identified 13 loci associated with
risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL). To identify …

Objectives: To investigate the relation between childhood acute leukaemia and household
exposure to pesticides. Methods: The study included 280 incident cases of acute leukaemia …

Background Global inequalities in access to health care are reflected in differences in
cancer survival. The CONCORD programme was designed to assess worldwide differences …