Constitutional Factors and Irradiation as Risk Factors for Thymoma: A European Case–Control Study
Linda Kaerlev,
Mikael Eriksson,
Pascal Guénel
et al.
Abstract:Little is known about the aetiology of thymoma. This study aims to identify medical risk factors for thymoma as a systematic approach to new hypotheses on the aetiology of this disease. A European multi-centre case–control study was conducted from 1995 to 1997, including incident cases aged 35–69 years with thymoma. Altogether, we accepted 85 cases and 3350 controls, of which we interviewed 77 cases and 2071 population controls about constitutional factors, medical examinations, and former diseases. Odds ratio… Show more
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