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Infectious diseases and risk of leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A case-control study
- Source :
- Leukemia Research. 36:1354-1358
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the association between common infectious diseases and the risk of hematological malignancies in an adult population. Data were drawn from a population based case-control study that included 165 cases (125 lymphoid and 40 myeloid neoplasms) and 233 controls. Occurrence of childhood diseases (measles, rubella, chickenpox, mumps, pertussis and scarlet fever) was slightly inversely associated with the risk of both malignancies, but statistical significance was not reached. The data of infections occurring after 14 years of age indicated an increasing risk of lymphoid malignancies (OR = 2.9, p
- Subjects :
- Male
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Myeloid
Communicable Diseases
Measles
Rubella
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Aged
Leukemia
Chickenpox
business.industry
Incidence
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Case-control study
Hematology
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
Case-Control Studies
Immunology
Scarlet fever
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01452126
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Leukemia Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a1f645ee2b6677464ecb97b55488e737