Allergy and cancer: A biological and epidemiological rebus

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1095-1097

  Carrozzi, L ^a,b   Viegi, Giovanni ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CANCER; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23844440914     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00940.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (18)

1. Johnson KJ. The relation of cancer to allergy. Lancet 1966;86:5-11.
2. Shapiro S. Allergy and cancer. Lancet 1973;1:1055.
3. Downs SH, Marks GB, Sporik R, Belosouva EG, Car NG, Peat JK. Continued increase in the prevalence of asthma and atopy. Arch Dis Child 2001;84:20-23.
4. Bousquet J, Vignola AM, Demoly P. Links between rhinitis and asthma. Allergy 2003;58:691-706.
5. Bousquet J. Allergy as a global problem: 'think globally, act globally'. Allergy 2002;57:661-662.
6. Nowak D, Suppli Ulrik C, von Mutius E. Asthma and atopy: has peak prevalence been reached? Eur Respir J 2004;23:359-360.
7. Parkin J, Cohen B. An overview of the immune system. Lancet 2001;357:1777-1789.
8. Pardoll D. Does the immune system see tumors as foreign or self? Annu Rev Immunol 2003;21:807-839.
9. Jakobisiak M, Lasek W, Golab J. Natural mechanisms protecting against cancer. Immunol Lett 2003;90:103-122.
10. Nakachi K, Hayashi T, Imai K, Kusunoki Y. Perspectives on cancer immuno-epidemiology. Cancer Sci 2004;95:921-929.
11. Wang H, Diepgen TL. Is atopy a protective or a risk factor for cancer? A review of epidemiological studies. Allergy 2005;60:1098-1111.
12. Lindelof B, Granath F, Tengvall-Linder M, Ekbom A. Allergy and cancer. Allergy 2005;60:1116-1120.
13. Sapigni T, Biavati P, Simoni M, Viegi G, Baldacci S, Carrozzi L et al. The Po River Delta respiratory epidemiological survey: an analysis of factors related to level of total serum IgE. Eur Respir J 1998;11:278-283.
14. Omenaas E, Bakke P, Elsayed S, Hanoa R, Gulsvik A. Total and specific serum IgE levels in adults: relationship to sex, age and environmental factors. Clin Exp Allergy 1994;24:530-539.
15. Gergen PJ, Turkeltaub PC, Sempos CT. Is allergen skin test reactivity a predictor of mortality? Findings from a national cohort. Clin Exp Allergy 2000;30:1717-1723.
16. Imai K, Matsuyama S, Miyake S, Suga K, Nakachi K. Natural cytotoxic activity of peripheral-blood lymphocytes and cancer incidence: an 11-years follow-up of a general population. Lancet 2000;356:1795-1799.
17. Yamaoka M, Kusunoki Y, Kasagi F, Hayashi T, Nakachi K, Kyoizumi S. Decreases in percentages of naive CD4 and CD8 T cells and increases in percentages of memory CD8 T-cell subsets in the peripheral blood lymphocyte populations of A-bomb survivors. Radiat Res 2004;161:290-298.
18. Hayashi T, Morishita Y, Kubo Y, Kusunoki Y, Hayashi I, Kasagi F et al. Long-term effects of radiation dose on inflammatory markers in atomic bomb survivors. Am J Med 2005;118:83-86.