A Statistical Study Of The Coincidence Of Malignancy And Tuberculosis
Authors: CARL H. FORTUNE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1929)

Article1 November 1929A Statistical Study Of The Coincidence Of Malignancy And TuberculosisCARL H. FORTUNE, A.B., M.D.CARL H. FORTUNE, A.B., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-3-5-495 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe existence of a correlation, positive or negative, between any two major diseases is a subject which intrigues the mind of physician, statistician, biologist and layman. Two such fatal diseases as tuberculosis and malignancy have offered for many years a natural field for research and for speculation; and the literature abounds with case reports, statistical analyses and opinions as to the balance which the writer thinks to exist between these two conditions. A recent (and in fact the first thorough and statistically adequate) study of a large body of carefully prepared material is that of Pearl,1who concludes that "there...Bibliography1 PEARL R: Cancer and Tuberculosis, Am. Jour. Hygiene, 1929, v 9, 97-159. Google Scholar2 ROKITANSKY C: A Manual of Pathological Anatomy. Translated from the last German edition (4 vols. in 2), Philadelphia (Blanchard and Lea). Google Scholar3 AIUTO II: Tisi Cancerosa. Gazetta Italo-Argentina, 1928, N. 9, reported in Gazz. degli Ospedali e della Cliniche, 1928, v. 49, 1281-1284. Google Scholar4 KLINK F: Tuberkulös infizierter Hodenkrebs. Zeitschr. f. Krebsforschung, 1928, v. 28, 38-43. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 CALLAHANSCHILTZHELLWIG WPFHCA: Primary Carcinoma of the Fallopian Tubes Associated with Tuberculosis. Surg., Gyn., and Obs., 1929, 4. 48, 14-22. Google Scholar6 GRAHAM EA: Pulmonary Tuberculosis Combined with Carcinoma of Lung. Jour. Missouri State Med. Association, 1929, v. 26, 70-73. Google Scholar7 CHERRY T: The Tubercle Bacillus and Cancer in Mice. Med. Jour. of Australia, 1929, v. 1, 16th year, 160-184. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 CARLSONBELL HAET: A Statistical Study of the Occurrence of Cancer and Tuberculosis in 11,195 Post-mortem Examinations. Jour. Cancer Research, 1929, v. 13, 126-135. Google Scholar9 CENTANNIREZZESI EDF: Studio Sperimentale sull'antagonismo fra Tuberculosi e Cancro. La Riforma Medica, v. 926, v. 42, 195-200. Google Scholar10 PEARLSUTTONHOWARD RACWT: Experimental Treatment of Cancer with Tuberculin. Lancet, 1929 v. 216, 1078-1080. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: CARL H. FORTUNE, A.B., M.D.Affiliations: Ann Arbor*From the Department of Pathology of the University of Michigan PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPITUITARY HORMONES IN DIABETIC KETOACIDOSISPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AND BRONCHIAL CARCINOMAACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS UNRECOGNISED UNTIL NECROPSYBRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA COMPLICATING PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: A REPORT OF EIGHT CASES AND A REVIEW OF 140 CASES SINCE 1932*JOHN M. CAREY, M.D., ALLEN E. GREER, M.D.Die Vergesellschaftung von Lungentuberkulose mit LungencarcinomAssociated renal tuberculosis and malignancy 1 November 1929Volume 3, Issue 5Page: 495-500KeywordsBiologists ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1929 PDF downloadLoading ...