Article
Effect of human T-lymphotropic virus type I infection on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma incidence.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 5 Jul 1995
Cleghorn F R, Manns A, Falk R, Hartge P, Hanchard B, Jack N, Williams E, Jaffe E, White F, Bartholomew C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We previously reported from a case-control analysis that T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) was strongly associated with human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection in Jamaica and Trinidad and that the relative risk for HTLV-I infection was very high in younger patients. PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to estimate the age-specific incidence rates of NHL among HTLV-I-infected and...
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