Evidence from a large-scale meta-analysis indicates eczema reduces the incidence of glioma

Guannan Wang; Suling Xu; Chao Cao; Jing Dong; Yudong Chu; Guijuan He; Zhiwei Xu

doi:10.18632/oncotarget.11545

Oncotarget

Oncotarget (a primarily oncology-focused, peer-reviewed, open access journal) aims to maximize research impact through insightful peer-review; eliminate borders between specialties by linking different fields of oncology, cancer research and biomedical sciences; and foster application of basic and clinical science.

Its scope is unique. The term "oncotarget" encompasses all molecules, pathways, cellular functions, cell types, and even tissues that can be viewed as targets relevant to cancer as well as other diseases. The term was introduced in the inaugural Editorial, Introducing Oncotarget.

As of January 1, 2022, Oncotarget has shifted to a continuous publishing model. Papers will now be published continuously within yearly volumes in their final and complete form and then quickly released to Pubmed.

Subscribe to receive alerts once a paper has been published by Oncotarget.

Impact Journals, LLC is the publisher of Oncotarget: www.impactjournals.com.

Impact Journals is a member of the Wellcome Trust List of Compliant Publishers.

Impact Journals is a member of the Society for Scholarly Publishing.

On December 23, 2022, Oncotarget server experienced a DDoS attack. As a result, Oncotarget site was inaccessible for a few hours. Oncotarget team swiftly dealt with the situation and took it under control. This malicious action will be reported to the FBI.

Research Papers:

Evidence from a large-scale meta-analysis indicates eczema reduces the incidence of glioma

Guannan Wang, Suling Xu, Chao Cao, Jing Dong, Yudong Chu, Guijuan He and Zhiwei Xu _

PDF | HTML | How to cite

Oncotarget. 2016; 7:62598-62606. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.11545

Metrics: PDF 1491 views | HTML 2183 views | ?

Abstract

Guannan Wang1,2,*, Suling Xu3,4,*, Chao Cao5, Jing Dong2, Yudong Chu6, Guijuan He1, Zhiwei Xu7

1Academy of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China

2Blood Purification Center, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315041, China

3Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315020, China

4Department of Dermatology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315010, China

5Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315010, China

6Department of Nephrology, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Eastern Hospital, Ningbo 315040, China

7Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Eastern Hospital, Ningbo 315040, China

*These authors have contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Zhiwei Xu, email: [email protected]

Guijuan He, email: [email protected]

Keywords: glioma, eczema, meta-analysis

Received: March 05, 2016 Accepted: August 09, 2016 Published: August 23, 2016

ABSTRACT

We investigated the relationship between eczema and the risk of primary glioma. Relevant studies were selected through electronic searches of PubMed and EMBASE. A meta-analysis of 12 case-control studies and one cohort study was performed. A fixed effect model was applied to analyze 13 studies consisting of 10,897 glioma cases and 56,081 controls. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to assess the strength of the associations. The data demonstrate that eczema significantly reduces the risk of glioma (OR = 0.69, 95% CI = 0.61–0.78, P < 0.001). Additional studies with larger patient cohorts are required to validate our findings.

All site content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
PII: 11545

Publication Alerts

Research Papers:

Evidence from a large-scale meta-analysis indicates eczema reduces the incidence of glioma

Abstract