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Allergies, atopy, immune‐related factors and childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: A report from the children's oncology group
Abstract Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a highly malignant tumor of developing muscle that can occur anywhere in the body. Due to its rarity, relatively little is known about the epidemiology of RMS. Atopic disease is hypothesized to be protective against several malignancies; however, to our knowledge, there have been no assessments of atopy and childhood RMS. Therefore, we explored this association in a case‐control study of 322 childhood RMS cases and 322 pair‐matched controls. Cases were enrolled in a trial run by the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group. Controls were matched to cases on race, sex, and age. The foll...
Source: International Journal of Cancer - July 3, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Philip J. Lupo, Renke Zhou, Stephen X. Skapek, Douglas S. Hawkins, Logan G. Spector, Michael E. Scheurer, M. Fatih Okcu, Beatrice Melin, Karin Papworth, Erik B. Erhardt, Seymour Grufferman Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: research