Mutagen sensitivity and risk of gliomas: a case-control analysis

dc.contributor.authorBondy, M. L.en
dc.contributor.authorKyritsis, A. P.en
dc.contributor.authorGu, J.en
dc.contributor.authorde Andrade, M.en
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, J.en
dc.contributor.authorLevin, V. A.en
dc.contributor.authorBruner, J. M.en
dc.contributor.authorWei, Q.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:02:54Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:02:54Z
dc.identifier.issn0008-5472-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/19847
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dc.subjectAdulten
dc.subjectAgeden
dc.subjectAged, 80 and overen
dc.subjectCase-Control Studiesen
dc.subject*Chromosome Aberrationsen
dc.subjectDNA Repairen
dc.subjectFemaleen
dc.subjectGamma Raysen
dc.subjectGlioma/*etiology/geneticsen
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subjectMaleen
dc.subjectMiddle Ageden
dc.subjectNeoplasms, Radiation-Induced/*etiologyen
dc.subject*Radiation Toleranceen
dc.subjectRisk Factorsen
dc.titleMutagen sensitivity and risk of gliomas: a case-control analysisen
heal.abstractAlthough the risk factors contributing to the etiology of brain tumors remain largely unknown, this pilot study suggests that genetically determined sensitivity to environmental carcinogens may play a role in the pathogenesis of these tumors. In this study, we examined short-term lymphocyte cultures from 45 adult malignant glioma patients and 117 age-, sex-, and ethnicity-matched healthy controls for mutagen-induced chromatid breaks and evaluated their family history of cancer, smoking, and demographic variables to ascertain the association between mutagen sensitivity and risk of brain tumors. The mutagen selected was gamma-radiation. The mean number of induced breaks/cell was 0.72 (SD=0.45) for the cases and 0.45 (SD = 0.35) for the controls (P < 0.0001). Using the median number of induced breaks/cell in the controls as the breakpoint for defining mutagen sensitivity, we observed an unadjusted odds ratio of 5.36 (95% confidence interval = 2.12-13.69) for mutagen sensitivity and brain tumor risk and an adjusted odds ratio of 5.79 (2.26-14.83), when we controlled for epidemiological risk factors including smoking, race, income, and education. Although a larger study is needed to confirm this intriguing result, these preliminary findings suggest that increased sensitivity to radiation is an independent risk factor for gliomas.en
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heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8603389-
heal.journalNameCancer Resen
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
heal.languageen-
heal.publicationDate1996-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.type.enJournal articleen

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