Epstein‐barr virus and cytomegalovirus in relation to testicular‐cancer risk: a nested case‐control study
Epstein‐barr virus and cytomegalovirus in relation to testicular‐cancer risk: a nested case‐control study
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EB 病毒和巨细胞病毒与睾丸癌风险的关系:一项巢式病例对照研究
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
A. Ekbom
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作者:
O. Akre;L. Lipworth;S. Tretli;A. Linde;L. Engstrand;H. Adami;M. Melbye;A. Andersen;A. Ekbom
An infectious etiology of testicular cancer has been suggested. We have evaluated seroreactivity against cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV) in relation to testicular‐cancer risk in a case‐control study, nested within a cohort of prospectively collected serum specimens from 293,692 individuals. For each of 81 cases of testicular cancer identified, 3 controls were randomly selected from the cohort. Serum IgG antibody titers against CMV and EBV were determined using enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and immunofluorescence methods. Odds ratios (OR) were obtained from conditional logistic‐regression models. No association was found between CMV positivity and testicular cancer overall (OR = 1.08; 95% confidence interval 0.60–1.94); risk for testicular seminoma was increased among CMV seropositive [OR = 1.70 (0.80–3.59)], whereas seropositivity was associated with decreased risk for testicular non‐seminoma [OR = 0.54 (0.19–1.56)] (p for heterogeneity, 0.09). For EBV, the risk for testicular cancer was increased among individuals seropositive for viral capsid antigen (VCA) [OR = 2.74 (0.62–12.12)]. The results lend some support to the hypothesis of an infectious etiology, and we propose that future studies should take into account age at infection. Int. J. Cancer 82:1–5, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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发表时间:
1991
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Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
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作者:
Jamieson,BD;Somasundaram,T;Ahmed,R
通讯作者:
Ahmed,R