Infant feeding practices and childhood acute leukemia: Findings from the Childhood Cancer & Leukemia International Consortium

Increasing evidence suggests that breastfeeding may protect from childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia. However, most studies have limited their analyses to any breastfeeding, and only a few data have examined exclusive breastfeeding, or other exposures such as formula milk.

Citation:
Schraw JM, Bailey HD, Bonaventure A, ………. Infante-Rivard C, Milne E, Scheurer ME. Infant feeding practices and childhood acute leukemia: Findings from the Childhood Cancer & Leukemia International Consortium. Int J Cancer. 2022.

Keywords:
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; acute myeloid leukemia; breastfeeding; childhood cancer

Abstract:
Increasing evidence suggests that breastfeeding may protect from childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia. However, most studies have limited their analyses to any breastfeeding, and only a few data have examined exclusive breastfeeding, or other exposures such as formula milk.