A tipping point in cancer epidemiology: embracing a life course exposomic framework

Rosalind J. Wright, Heidi A. Hanson

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Abstract

The pathogenesis of multifactorial malignant diseases, with variable onset, severity, and natural history, reflects development-specific exposures and individual responses to these exposures influenced by underlying genetic predisposition. Embedded in life course theory, exposomics provides a framework to more fully elucidate how environmental factors alter cancer risk, disease course, and response to treatment across the lifespan.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)280-282
Number of pages3
JournalTrends in Cancer
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • air pollution
  • carcinogens
  • exposome
  • life course theory
  • pediatric cancer
  • radon

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