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IgE, allergy, and risk of glioma: update from the San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study in the temozolomide era.

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Wiemels, JL; Wilson, D; Patil, C; Patoka, J; McCoy, L; Rice, T; Schwartzbaum, J; Heimberger, A; Sampson, JH; Chang, S; Prados, M; Wiencke, JK ...
Published in: Int J Cancer
August 1, 2009

The consistently observed inverse relationship of allergic conditions with glioma risk and our previous demonstration that immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels also were lower in glioma patients than controls suggest that atopic allergy may be related to a mechanism that inhibits or prevents glioma. We sought to extend these results with a new and larger series of patients (n = 535 with questionnaire data; 393 with IgE measures) and controls (n = 532 with questionnaire data; 470 with IgE measures). As expected, glioma cases were less likely than controls to report history of allergies [among self-reported cases, Odds ratios (OR) = 0.59, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.41-0.85]. IgE levels also were lower in glioma cases versus controls (OR per unit log IgE = 0.89, 95% CI (0.82-0.98). However, this inverse relationship was only apparent among cases receiving temozolomide, a treatment which became part of the "standard of care" for glioblastoma patients during the study period. Among patients receiving temozolomide, IgE levels in cases whose blood samples were obtained within 30 days of diagnosis were slightly higher than controls, whereas IgE levels in cases whose blood sample was obtained >60 days after diagnosis were significantly lower than controls (OR = 0.80; 95% CI: 0.71-0.89). Thus, although our results robustly confirm the inverse association between allergy and glioma, the results for IgE are affected by temozolomide treatments which may have influenced IgE levels. These results have implications for the study of immunologic factors in glioma as well as for immunotherapy protocols for treating glioma.

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Int J Cancer

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EISSN

1097-0215

Publication Date

August 1, 2009

Volume

125

Issue

3

Start / End Page

680 / 687

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Temozolomide
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • San Francisco
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk Assessment
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Odds Ratio
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
 

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Wiemels, J. L., Wilson, D., Patil, C., Patoka, J., McCoy, L., Rice, T., … Wrensch, M. (2009). IgE, allergy, and risk of glioma: update from the San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study in the temozolomide era. Int J Cancer, 125(3), 680–687. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24369
Wiemels, Joseph L., David Wilson, Chirag Patil, Joseph Patoka, Lucie McCoy, Terri Rice, Judith Schwartzbaum, et al. “IgE, allergy, and risk of glioma: update from the San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study in the temozolomide era.Int J Cancer 125, no. 3 (August 1, 2009): 680–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24369.
Wiemels JL, Wilson D, Patil C, Patoka J, McCoy L, Rice T, et al. IgE, allergy, and risk of glioma: update from the San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study in the temozolomide era. Int J Cancer. 2009 Aug 1;125(3):680–7.
Wiemels, Joseph L., et al. “IgE, allergy, and risk of glioma: update from the San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study in the temozolomide era.Int J Cancer, vol. 125, no. 3, Aug. 2009, pp. 680–87. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/ijc.24369.
Wiemels JL, Wilson D, Patil C, Patoka J, McCoy L, Rice T, Schwartzbaum J, Heimberger A, Sampson JH, Chang S, Prados M, Wiencke JK, Wrensch M. IgE, allergy, and risk of glioma: update from the San Francisco Bay Area Adult Glioma Study in the temozolomide era. Int J Cancer. 2009 Aug 1;125(3):680–687.
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Published In

Int J Cancer

DOI

EISSN

1097-0215

Publication Date

August 1, 2009

Volume

125

Issue

3

Start / End Page

680 / 687

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Temozolomide
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • San Francisco
  • Risk Factors
  • Risk Assessment
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Odds Ratio
  • Middle Aged
  • Male