Investigating the interplay between early life factors, the genome and childhood cancer risk
Children with Cancer UK
International Agency for Research on Cancer
The causes of childhood cancer are still largely unknown. Dr Natália Spitz Toledo Dias and her team will investigate whether environmental exposures during a baby’s life in the womb can cause changes to gene activity that may be associated with childhood cancer risk. The ultimate aim is to provide an evidence base for cancer prevention and discover the cancer’s molecular origins which could serve for targeted therapy. Dr Spitz Toledo Dias’ research is funded by Children with
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors