Compare and contrast: pediatric cancer versus adult malignancies

P Kattner, H Strobel, N Khoshnevis, M Grunert… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2019 - Springer
Cancer is a leading cause of death in both adults and children, but in terms of absolute
numbers, pediatric cancer is a relatively rare disease. The rarity of pediatric cancer is …

Central precocious puberty: recent advances in understanding the aetiology and in the clinical approach

L Maione, C Bouvattier, UB Kaiser - Clinical endocrinology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Central precocious puberty (CPP) results from early activation of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐
gonadal (HPG) axis. The current state of knowledge of the complex neural network acting at …

Puberty timing associated with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and also diverse health outcomes in men and women: the UK Biobank study

FR Day, CE Elks, A Murray, KK Ong, JRB Perry - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Early puberty timing is associated with higher risks for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and
cardiovascular disease in women and therefore represents a potential target for early …

Pubertal timing and breast cancer risk in the Sister Study cohort

M Goldberg, AA D'Aloisio, KM O'Brien, S Zhao… - Breast Cancer …, 2020 - Springer
Background Earlier age at menarche is an established risk factor for breast cancer. While
age at menarche has been fairly stable over the past half-century, age at breast …

Neither soyfoods nor isoflavones warrant classification as endocrine disruptors: a technical review of the observational and clinical data

M Messina, SB Mejia, A Cassidy… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Soybeans are a rich source of isoflavones, which are classified as phytoestrogens. Despite
numerous proposed benefits, isoflavones are often classified as endocrine disruptors, based …

Environmental estrogen-like endocrine disrupting chemicals and breast cancer

M Morgan, A Deoraj, Q Felty, D Roy - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Estrogen-mimicking endocrine disruptors (EEDs) such as polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), bisphenol A (BPA), and phthalates have been found ubiquitously …

Delayed puberty—phenotypic diversity, molecular genetic mechanisms, and recent discoveries

SR Howard, L Dunkel - Endocrine reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This review presents a comprehensive discussion of the clinical condition of delayed
puberty, a common presentation to the pediatric endocrinologist, which may present both …

Faster ticking rate of the epigenetic clock is associated with faster pubertal development in girls

AM Binder, C Corvalan, V Mericq, A Pereira… - Epigenetics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Epigenetic age is an indicator of biological aging, capturing the impact of environmental and
behavioral influences across time on cellular function. Deviance between epigenetic age …

Adult consequences of self-limited delayed puberty

J Zhu, YM Chan - Pediatrics, 2017 - publications.aap.org
Methods The PubMed database was searched using the following medical subject heading
terms and keywords: delayed puberty, adult height, BMD, fracture, depression, substance …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the genetic complexity of puberty timing across the allele frequency spectrum

KA Kentistou, LR Kaisinger, S Stankovic, M Vaudel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Pubertal timing varies considerably and is associated with later health outcomes. We
performed multi-ancestry genetic analyses on~ 800,000 women, identifying 1,080 signals for …