Primary brain tumours and specific serum immunoglobulin E: a case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort.

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BACKGROUND: Case-control studies suggest that patients with allergic diseases have a lower risk of developing glioma but not meningioma or schwannoma. However, those data can be differentially biased. Prospective studies with objective measurements of immunologic biomarkers, like immunoglobulin E (IgE), in blood obtained before cancer diagnosis could help to clarify whether an aetiological association exists. METHODS: The present case-control study nested within the European Prospective Inves...

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Authors: Schlehofer, B; Siegmund, B; Linseisen, J; Schüz, J; Rohrmann, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Allergy
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 1434-1441
• Publication date: 2011-11-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02670.x
• EISSN: 1398-9995
• ISSN: 0105-4538
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Humans; Prospective Studies; Meningioma; Europe; Risk Factors; Immunoglobulin E; Middle Aged; Adult; Glioma; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Aged; Neurilemmoma; Allergens; Brain Neoplasms; Case-Control Studies; Male