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. 2017 Jul 27;12(7):e0181246. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181246

Table 1. Abbreviations.

Abbreviation Full name Abbreviation Full name
ALL Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia MDS Myelodysplastic Syndrome
AML Acute Myeloid Leukemia MPD Myeloproliferative Disease
ANLL Acute Non-Lymphoblastic Leukemia NB Neuroblastoma
AST Astrocytoma NHL Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
BC British Columbia NOS Newcastle-Ottawa scale
BDs Birth Defects NA Not applicable
CBT Childhood brain tumors ND Not determined
CI Confidence Interval NR Not Reported
CNS Central Nervous System NRCT National Registry of Childhood Tumours
CPP Collaborative Perinatal Project NWTS National Wilms’ Tumor Study
DS Down syndrome OR Odds Ratio
EPD Ependymoma OS Osteosarcoma
ES Ewing's Sarcoma PNET Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor
GCT Germ cell tumors PRISMA Preferred Reporting Method for Systematic reviews
HB Hepatoblastoma RB Retinoblastoma
HD Hodgkin’s Disease RB Retinoblastoma
HGG High grade glioma RDD Random Digit Dialing
HL Hodgkin's Lymphoma RMS Rhabdomyosarcoma
HM Hematologic malignancy RMS Rhabdomyosarcoma
HR Hazard Ratio RR Risk Ratio
IARC International Agency For Research On Cancer SNS Sympathetic Nervous System
ICD The International Classification of Diseases STS Soft Tissue Sarcomas
IRR Incidence Rate Ratio WAGR syndrome Wilms tumor-aniridia intellectual disability syndrome
LGG Low Grade Glioma WT Wilm’s tumor
LHT Lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues UPDB Utah Population database
MB Medulloblastoma