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Antibodies against six human herpesviruses in relation to seven cancers in black South Africans: a case control study
Berrington de GA; Beral V; Urban MI; Sitas F; Blackburn N; Hale M; Patel M; Ruff P; Sur R; Newton RPublished 2006BACKGROUND: Infections with certain human herpesviruses have been established as risk factors for some cancer types. For example, Epstein-Barr Virus is considered a cause of Burkitt's lymphoma and other immunosuppression ...Article -
Effects of tobacco smoking on cancer and cardiovascular disease in urban black South Africans
Stein L; Urban MI; Weber MF; Ruff P; Hale M; Donde B; Patel M; Sitas FPublished 2008Demographic and lifestyle information from 9690 black patients diagnosed with cancer or cardiovascular disease was collected in an ongoing case-control study in Johannesburg, South Africa. Compared to never smokers, the ...Article -
The relationship between anti-HPV-16 IgG seropositivity and cancer of the cervix, anogenital organs, oral cavity and pharynx, oesophagus and prostate in a black South African population
Sitas F; Verzijden A; Marais D; Williamson AL; Urban M; Stein L; Beral V; Ruff P; Hale M; Patel M; O'Connell DL; Yu XQPublished 2006ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) infection is an important cause of cervical cancer, other anogenital cancers and, possibly, some oral and pharyngeal cancers. The association of HPV-16 with ...Article -
Risk factors for high anti-HHV-8 antibody titers (> or =1:51,200) in black, HIV-1 negative South African cancer patients: a case control study
Wojcicki JM; Sitas F; Newton R; Urban MI; Stein L; Hale M; Patel M; Ruff P; Sur R; Bourboulia DPublished 2003BACKGROUND: Infection with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), is the necessary causal agent in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Infection with HIV-1, male ...Article -
Risk factors for oesophageal, lung, oral and laryngeal cancers in black South Africans
Pacella-Norman R; Bull D; Beral V; Urban MI; Sitas F; Carrara H; Sur R; Hale M; Ruff P; Patel M; Newton RPublished 2006The authors used data collected from 1995 to 1999, from an on-going cancer case-control study in greater Johannesburg, to estimate the importance of tobacco and alcohol consumption and other suspected risk factors with ...Article -
The spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus-associated cancers in a South African black population: results from a case-control study, 1995-2004
Stein L; Patel M; Sitas F; Urban MI; O'Connell DL; Yu XQ; Beral V; Newton R; Ruff P; Donde B; Hale MPublished 2007The effect of the evolving HIV epidemic on cancer has been sparsely documented in Africa. We report results on the risk of cancer associated with HIV-1 infection using data from an ongoing study. A case-control analysis ...Article
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