Seropositivity for Helicobacter pylori and hepatobiliary cancers in the PLCO study
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Helicobacter has been suggested to play a possible role in hepatitis, gallstones, and hepatobiliary tumours. We assessed whether seropositivity to 15 H. pylori proteins was associated with subsequent incidence of 74 biliary tract and 105 liver cancer cases vs. 357 matched controls in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO). Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were computed by conditional logistic regression after adjustment for known hepatobiliary cancer risk factors. H. pylori seropositivity was not associated with either biliary tract (1.76, 0.90–3.46) or liver cancer (0.87, 0.46–1.65). CagA seropositivity was associated with both endpoints, although the latter association was not statistically significant (biliary tract: 2.16, 1.03–4.50; liver cancer: 1.96, 0.98–3.93) and neither association was statistically significant after correcting for multiple comparisons. Together, these results suggest possible associations between H. pylori and hepatobiliary cancer and suggest the value of future studies investigating the association.
Date Issued
2020-06-29
Date Acceptance
2020-06-11
Citation
British Journal of Cancer, 2020, 123 (6), pp.909-911
ISSN
0007-0920
Publisher
Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]
Start Page
909
End Page
911
Journal / Book Title
British Journal of Cancer
Volume
123
Issue
6
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Oncology
HELICOBACTER-PYLORI
LIVER
ASSOCIATION
BILE
IDENTIFICATION
HEPATITIS
DISEASES
TISSUE
RISK
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-06-29