Is Natural Infection with M. tuberculosis Protective against Cancer?

In order to investigate the effect of natural infection with M. tuberculosis on cancer incidence, a case-control study was undertaken on 108 recently diagnosed cancer cases (all sites) and 317 controls. After removal of cancer cases or controls considered immunoincompetent (25% and 17% respectively)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of epidemiology 1989-06, Vol.5 (2), p.234-238
Hauptverfasser:	Fragoulia, A., Kondakis, X. G., Dimopoulos, I.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cancer Cohort Studies Demography Etiology Europe Female Humans Infections Male Middle Aged Mortality Mycobacterium tuberculosis Neoplasms - complications Neoplasms - mortality Neoplasms - prevention & control Pulmonary tuberculosis Random Allocation Risk Factors Skin Tests Tuberculin Tuberculin test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - complications Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tumors
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