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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2018

Serially measured pre-diagnostic levels of serum cytokines and risk of brain cancer in active component military personnel.

Alina V Brenner, Peter D Inskip, Jennifer Rusiecki, Charles S Rabkin, Joshua Engels, Ruth M Pfeiffer

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2018. 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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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alina V BrennerRadiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan. brennera@rerf.or.jp.
Peter D InskipDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Jennifer RusieckiDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Charles S RabkinDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Joshua EngelsDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Ruth M PfeifferDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and GeneticsNational Cancer Institute · USRadiation Effects Research Foundation · JPUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is growing evidence that history of allergic or autoimmune disease is associated with reduced risk of glioma, but few prospective studies have explored the biological basis. To assess associations with immune conditions and levels of 14 cytokines in serial prediagnostic serum samples, we conducted a study of glioma/brain cancer nested in a cohort of active component military personnel.

methodsA total of 457 case-control sets were ascertained from the Department of Defense (DoD) Automated Central Tumour Registry, Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS) database, and DoD Serum Repository. These were individually matched on sex, race/ethnicity, birth year, number of serum samples (1, 2 or 3), and date(s) of sample collection. We obtained diagnoses of pre-existing immune-related conditions from the DMSS database and measured cytokines using Meso Scale Discovery assays. Statistical analyses included conditional logistic regression.

resultsOverall association between glioma and prior immune-related conditions was null. Higher levels of IL-15 and IL-16 were independently associated with lower glioma risks (P

conclusionsAssociations with pre-diagnostic levels of IL-15 and IL-16 and their modification by diagnosis of immune-related conditions support the importance of immune alterations in glioma aetiology years before diagnosis.

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Military PersonnelAdultAge DistributionBrain NeoplasmsCase-Control StudiesFemaleGliomaHumansInterleukin-15Interleukin-16MaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesUnited StatesYoung AdultIL15 protein, humanInterleukin-15Interleukin-16

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