Month of Birth and Cancer Mortality

There is a well-known correlation between the occurrence of cancer in laboratory animals and infection at an early age with certain viruses. This correlation, combined with the seasonal distribution of most human viruses, led to a search for differences in cancer incidence or mortality rates among p...

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Published in:JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1964-08, Vol.33 (2), p.237-242
Main Authors: Bailar, John C., Gurian, Joan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Female
Humans
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Neoplasms - etiology
Old Medline
Oncogenic Viruses
Parturition
Seasons
Sex
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Summary:There is a well-known correlation between the occurrence of cancer in laboratory animals and infection at an early age with certain viruses. This correlation, combined with the seasonal distribution of most human viruses, led to a search for differences in cancer incidence or mortality rates among persons born in different months. No such differences could be established for either sex, for any age group, or for any of the sites or site groups studied.
ISSN:0027-8874
1460-2105
DOI:10.1093/jnci/33.2.237