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Parental smoking and risk of childhood brain tumors

Childhood brain tumors (CBT) are the leading cause of cancer death in children, yet their etiology remains largely unknown.

Global war on brain cancer

Dr Nick Gottardo and Dr Raelene Endersby from The Kids Research Institute Australia are the driving force behind an innovative, global action group on child brain cancer.

Novel BRD4-NUT fusion isoforms increase the pathogenic complexity in NUT midline carcinoma

This study contributes to our understanding of the genetic diversity of NMC, an important step towards finding therapeutic targets for a disease that is...

Maternal Use of Folic Acid and Other Supplements and Risk of Childhood Brain Tumors

Interest in a possible protective effect of maternal vitamin use before or during pregnancy against childhood brain tumors (CBT) and other childhood cancers...

Maternal consumption of coffee and tea during pregnancy and risk of childhood ALL: results from an Australian case-control study

To investigate whether maternal coffee and/or tea consumption during the last 6 months of pregnancy was associated with risk of childhood ALL.

Pediatric meningioma: Current approaches and future direction

With improvement in leukemia therapy, central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the leading cause of cancer mortality in children and the most expensive...

Maternal consumption of coffee and tea during pregnancy and risk of childhood ALL: Results from an Australian case-control study

The objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal coffee and/or tea consumption during the last 6 months of pregnancy was associated with risk...

Participation in population-based case-control studies: Does the observed decline vary by socio-economic status?

An Australian study of childhood leukaemia (Aus-ALL) previously reported that control participation was positively associated with socio-economic status...

Parental occupational exposure to engine exhausts and childhood brain tumors

Childhood brain tumors (CBT) are the leading cause of cancer death in children; their risk factors are still largely unknown.

Professor Nick Gottardo

Head of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology and Haematology, Perth Children’s Hospital; Co-head, Brain Tumour Research Program, The Kids Research Institute Australia