Vineis P, Miligi L, Crosignani P, Davico L, Fontana A, Masala G, Nanni O, Ramazzotti V, Rodella S, Stagnaro E, Tumino R, Viganò C, Vindigni C, Costantini A S
Servizio di Epidemiologia dei Tumori, Ospedale S. Giovanni Battista e Università di Torino, Italy.
Br J Cancer. 2003 Jan 13;88(1):47-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600689.
In a population-based case-control study among adults in Italy, of 261 lymphoid and 313 myeloid leukaemias and 1718 controls, a later age at adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy (after age 10 years) increased considerably the risk of lymphocytic (but not myeloid) leukaemia (odds ratio 4.2, 95% confidence interval 1.1-16.2). We propose that late infection is a proliferative stimulus for B-cells.
在意大利一项针对成年人的基于人群的病例对照研究中,在261例淋巴细胞性白血病和313例髓细胞性白血病患者以及1718名对照者中,腺样体切除术和扁桃体切除术年龄较大(10岁以后)会显著增加淋巴细胞性(而非髓细胞性)白血病的风险(比值比4.2,95%置信区间1.1 - 16.2)。我们提出,晚期感染是B细胞的一种增殖刺激因素。