date:May 24, 2012
tions for Wilms tumor, a type of kidney cancer, and primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET), a type of brain cancer.
Our study is the largest to date to show that folic acid fortification may lower the incidence of certain types of childhood cancer in the United States, Professor Johnson said.
The study found that that Wilms tumor rates increased from 1986 to 1997 and decreased thereafter a downward trend that coincides with folic acid fortification at the same time.
Professor Johnson said,