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Open AccessA cross-sectional study of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection burden and risk factors in general population children in 12 villages in northern Uganda
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is an important cause of morbidity in northern Uganda. This study was undertaken to assess village-, household-, and individual-level risk factors of asymptomatic falciparum malaria ...
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Open AccessAge and geographic patterns of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in a representative sample of children living in Burkitt lymphoma-endemic areas of northern Uganda
Falciparum malaria is an important risk factor for African Burkitt lymphoma (BL), but few studies have evaluated malaria patterns in healthy BL-age children in populations where both diseases are endemic. To o...
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Temporal changes in loss of life expectancy due to cancer in Australia: a flexible parametric approach
To evaluate changes in cancer mortality burden over time by assessing temporal trends in life expectation for Australian residents diagnosed with cancer.
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Open AccessEpstein-Barr virus from Burkitt Lymphoma biopsies from Africa and South America share novel LMP-1 promoter and gene variations
Epstein Barr virus (EBV) sequence variation is thought to contribute to Burkitt lymphoma (BL), but lack of data from primary BL tumors hampers efforts to test this hypothesis. We directly sequenced EBV from 12...
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Open AccessBreast cancer in women using digoxin: tumor characteristics and relapse risk
Digoxin use is associated with increased incidence of breast and uterus cancers. We postulated that digoxin use might affect tumor characteristics and increase relapse risk in women with breast cancer.
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Timing of births and endometrial cancer risk in Swedish women
While a protective long-term effect of parity on endometrial cancer risk is well established, the impact of timing of births is not fully understood. We examined the relationship between endometrial cancer ris...
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Open AccessCancer risk in persons with HIV/AIDS in India: a review and future directions for research
India has a large and evolving HIV epidemic. Little is known about cancer risk in Indian persons with HIV/AIDS (PHA) but risk is thought to be low.
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Open AccessH. pylori-infection and antibody immune response in a rural Tanzanian population
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is ubiquitous in sub-Saharan Africa, but paradoxically gastric cancer is rare.
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Reproductive patterns and non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk in Danish women and men
Reproductive patterns have been inconsistently linked to risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in women, and fathering patterns in relation to NHL risk have not been studied. The authors conducted a register-base...
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Changing patterns of tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma in the United States
Objective: Tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) may differ etiologically from other oral cancers. The aim of this study was to provide a detailed description of the incidence patterns of tonsillar SCC in the ...
