Abstract
We tested the hypothesis of a relationship between Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and volcanic soil by means of a case-control study based on 70 cases of classic KS and 280 hospital controls from the Campania region, an area of active volcanism in the South of Italy. Birth and residence in volcanic areas were associated with approximately two-fold elevated KS risks. If not due to chance, increased risk in the presence of volcanic soil can have different interpretations, including local immune impairment and correlation with unknown environmental or genetic KS predisposing factors.
| Original language | Italian |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 114-117 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Epidemiologia e prevenzione |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 |
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Sarcoma di Kaposi classico e suolo vulcanico nel Sud Italia : uno studio caso-controllo. / Montella, M.; Franceschi, S.; Geddes da Filicaia, M.; De Macro, M.; Arniani, S.; Balzi, D.; Delfino, M.; Iannuzzo, M.; Buonanno, M.; Satriano, R. A.
In: Epidemiologia e prevenzione, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1997, p. 114-117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Sarcoma di Kaposi classico e suolo vulcanico nel Sud Italia
T2 - uno studio caso-controllo.
AU - Montella, M.
AU - Franceschi, S.
AU - Geddes da Filicaia, M.
AU - De Macro, M.
AU - Arniani, S.
AU - Balzi, D.
AU - Delfino, M.
AU - Iannuzzo, M.
AU - Buonanno, M.
AU - Satriano, R. A.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - We tested the hypothesis of a relationship between Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and volcanic soil by means of a case-control study based on 70 cases of classic KS and 280 hospital controls from the Campania region, an area of active volcanism in the South of Italy. Birth and residence in volcanic areas were associated with approximately two-fold elevated KS risks. If not due to chance, increased risk in the presence of volcanic soil can have different interpretations, including local immune impairment and correlation with unknown environmental or genetic KS predisposing factors.
AB - We tested the hypothesis of a relationship between Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and volcanic soil by means of a case-control study based on 70 cases of classic KS and 280 hospital controls from the Campania region, an area of active volcanism in the South of Italy. Birth and residence in volcanic areas were associated with approximately two-fold elevated KS risks. If not due to chance, increased risk in the presence of volcanic soil can have different interpretations, including local immune impairment and correlation with unknown environmental or genetic KS predisposing factors.
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