Selected Recent Publications

Schuz J, Spector LG, Ross JA: Bias in studies of parental self-reported occupational exposures and childhood cancer. Am J Epidemiology 2003; 158:710-6.

Spector LG, Ross JA: Hepatoblastoma and smoking: confounding by birth weight? (Letter) Br J Cancer 2003; 89:602.

Spector LG, Groves F, DeStefano F, Liff J, Klein M, Mullooly J, Black S, Shinefeld H, Ward J, Marcy M for the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project:  Medically recorded allergies and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.  Eur J Cancer 2004; 40:579-84.

Spector LG, Feusner J, Ross JA: Rising incidence of hepatoblastoma and low birth weight.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004; 43:706.

Ross JA, Spector LG, Olshan AF, Bunin GR: Birth certificates: A best control scenario? (Editorial) Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159:922-4.

Canfield K, Spector LG, Robison LL, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Smith FO, Heerema N, Barnard D, Blair CK, Lazovich D, Ross JA:  Childhood and maternal infections and risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Br J Cancer 2004; 91:1866-72.

Ross JA, Spector LG, Robison LL, Olshan AF:  Epidemiology of leukemia in children with Down syndrome.  Pediatr Blood Cancer 2005; 44:8-12.

Spector LG, Xie Y, Robison LL, Heerema NA, Hilden JM, Lange B, Felix CA, Davies SM, Slavin J, Potter JD, Blair CK, Reaman GH, Ross JA:  Maternal diet and infant leukemia: the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor hypothesis (a report from the Children's Oncology Group).  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:651-5.

Spector LG, Nagarajan R, Ross JA:  Epidemiology of bone and soft tissue sarcomas, for Pappo A (ed.) Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas.  Springer Verlag: Berlin, 2005.

Spector LG, Klebanoff MA, Feusner JH, Georgieff MK, Ross JA:  Childhood cancer following neonatal oxygen supplementation.  J Pediatr 2005; 147:29-33.

Peters AM, Blair CK, Verneris MR, Neglia JP, Robison LL, Spector LG, Reaman GH, Felix CA, Ross JA:  Maternal hemoglobin concentration during pregnancy and risk of infant leukemia: a Children's Oncology Group Study.  Br J Cancer 2006; 95:1274-6.

Alderton LE, Spector LG, Blair CK, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Ross JA: Child and maternal household chemical exposure and the risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Am J Epidemiol 2006; 164:212-21.

Mascarenhas L, Malogolowkin M, Arndt C, Spector LG, Femino D:  Malignant bone tumors, for Bleyer A, O'Leary M, Barr R, Ries LAG (eds.) Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Monograph: Cancer Incidence and Survival Among Young Adults and Older Adolescents, 1975-2000.  National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub. No. 06-5767: Bethesda, MD, 2006.

Malogolowkin M, Spector LG, Fong Y:  Liver cancer, for Bleyer A, O'Leary M, Barr R, Ries LAG (eds.) Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Monograph: Cancer Incidence and Survival Among Young Adults and Older Adolescents, 1975-2000.  National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub. No. 06-5767: Bethesda, MD, 2006.

Spector LG, Ross JA, Robison L, Bhatia S: Epidemiology and etiology (invited chapter), for Pui C-H (ed.) Childhood Leukemia, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press: New York, 2006.

Ross JA, Spector LG:  Cancers in children, for Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni J (eds.) Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, 3rd edition.  Oxford University Press: New York, 2006.

Spector LG, Davies SM, Robison LL, Hilden JM, Roesler M, Ross JA:  Birth characteristics, maternal reproductive history, and the risk of infant leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:128-34.

Spector LG, Ross JA:  Infant leukemia: finding the needle in the haystack.  (Editorial) Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 15:2331.

Spector LG, Ross JA, Puumala SE, Roesler M, Olshan AF, Bunin GR:  Feasibility of nationwide birth registry control selection in the United States.  Am J Epidemiol 2007; 166:852-6.

Bunin GR, Spector LG, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Roesler M, Grufferman S, Shu XO, Ross JA:  Secular trends in response rates for controls selected by random digit dialing in childhood cancer studies: a report from the Children's Oncology group.  Am J Epidemiol 2007; 166:109-16.

Johnson KJ, Spector LG, Klebanoff MA, Ross JA:  Childhood cancer and birthmarks in the collaborative perinatal project.  Pediatrics 2007; 119:e1088-93.

Spector LG, Hecht SS, Ognjanovic S, Carmella SG, Ross JA:  Detection of cotinine in newborn dried blood spots. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:1902-5.

Puumala S, Ross JA, Olshan AF, Robison LL, Smith FO, Spector LG:  Reproductive history, infertility treatment, and the risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.  Cancer 2007; 110:2067-74.

Tower RL, Spector LG:  The epidemiology of childhood leukemia with a focus on birth weight and diet.  Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 2007; 44:203-42.

Puumala SE, Soler JT, Johnson KJ, Spector LG:  Birth characteristics and Wilms tumor in Minnesota. Int J Cancer 2008; 122:1368-73.

Johnson KJ, Puumala SE, Soler JT, Spector LG: Perinatal characteristics and risk of neuroblastoma. Int J Cancer, in press.

Spector LG, Johnson KJ, Puumala SE, Soler JT: Perinatal risk factors for hepatoblastoma. Br J Cancer, in press.

Johnson KJ, Ross JA, Soler JT, Puumala SE, Spector LG:  Parental and infant characteristics and childhood leukemia in Minnesota.  BMC Pediatrics, in press.

Spector LG, Hooten AJ, Ross JA:  Ontogeny of gene expression: a changing environment for malignancy. (Editorial) Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, in press.