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ArticleBritish journal of haematology2014

Community-acquired infections associated with increased risk of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinaemia.

Charlene M McShane, Liam J Murray, Eric A Engels, Lesley A Anderson

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Article in British journal of haematology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Herpes Zoster and Risk of Cancer in the Elderly U.S. Population.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Charlene M McShaneCancer Epidemiology and Health Services Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Liam J Murray
Eric A Engels
Lesley A Anderson
Queen's University Belfast · GBNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Infections, immunity, and inflammation in cancerZIACP010150 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI ENGELS, ERIC A · 2009 to 2025
$24.0M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA CP010150Medical Research Council MR/K023241/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence supports the role of immune stimulation in the development of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström Macroglobulinaemia (LPL/WM). Using the population-based Surveillance, Epidemiology End Results-Medicare database we investigated the exposure to 14 common community-acquired infections and subsequent risk of LPL/WM in 693 LPL/WM cases and 200 000 controls. Respiratory tract infections, bronchitis [odds ratio (OR) 1·56], pharyngitis (OR 1·43), pneumonia (OR 1·42) and sinusitis (OR 1·33) and skin infection, herpes zoster (OR 1·51) were all significantly associated with subsequent increased risk of LPL/WM. For each of these infections, the findings remained significantly elevated following the exclusion of more than 6 years of Medicare claims data prior to LPL/WM diagnosis. Our findings may support a role for infections in the development of LPL/WM or could reflect an underlying immune disturbance that is present several years prior to diagnosis and thereby part of the natural history of disease progression.

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AgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesCommunity-Acquired InfectionsFemaleHerpes ZosterHumansMaleRegistriesRespiratory Tract InfectionsRisk AssessmentUnited StatesWaldenstrom Macroglobulinemiacommunity-acquired infectionherpes zosterinfectionlymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinaemiarespiratory tract infection

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PMID24528127
PMCPMC3935765
OpenAlexW2068233015

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