Prior Social Links Among Leukemia and Lymphoma Patients
Authors: NICHOLAS J. VIANNA
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1976)

Editorials1 May 1976Prior Social Links Among Leukemia and Lymphoma PatientsNICHOLAS J. VIANNA, M.D.NICHOLAS J. VIANNA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-84-5-604 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt has long been thought that certain types of leukemia and lymphoma might be infectious and possibly transmissible. While the results of time-space clustering analysis have generally failed to support this hypothesis, this might well be due to problems relating to a potentially long latent period, in selecting the likely place of effective exposure, and the effects of migration when both factors are considered. Although none of these difficulties is insurmountable, we have come to realize that any etiologic factor might be expected to show some degree of clustering, if detailed data are analyzed by sufficiently sensitive methods (1). This,...References1. MACMAHON B: Epidemiologic aspects of acute leukemia and Burkitt's tumor. Cancer 21:558-562, 1968 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. VIANNA N: Lymphoreticular Malignancies. Baltimore, University Park Press, 1975, p. 13 CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SCHIMPFFSCHIMPFFBARGER SCD: Leukemia and lymphoma patients interlinked by prior social contact. Lancet 1:124-129, 1975 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. MALLORY F: The Principles of Pathologic Histology. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Co., 1914, p. 326 Google Scholar5. WARTHIN A: The genetic neoplastic relationships of Hodgkin's disease, aleukemic and leukemic lymphoblastoma and mycosis fungoides. Ann Surg 93:153-161, 1931 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. CUSTERBERNHARD RW: The interrelationship of Hodgkin's disease and other lymphatic tumors. Am J Med Sci 216:625-642, 1948 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. FARHANGIOSSERMAN ME: Monocytic and monomyelocytic leukemia with lysozymuria as a late complication in plasma cell myeloma, presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Hematology, 2-8 August 1970, Munich, p. 192 Google Scholar8. SHREINER D: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia terminating as histiocytic medullary reticulosis. JAMA 213:838-840, 1975 CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. GROSS L: Oncogenic Viruses, 2nd ed. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1970 Google Scholar10. FRAUMENI J: Clinical epidemiology of leukemia. Semin Hematol 6:250-259, 1969 MedlineGoogle Scholar11. MACMAHONCLARK BD: Incidence of common forms of human leukemia. Blood 11:871-881, 1956 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. GUNZVEALE FA: Leukemia in close relatives—accidents or predisposition? J Natl Cancer Inst 42:517-524, 1969 MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: NICHOLAS J. VIANNA, M.D.Affiliations: Cancer Control Bureau New York State Health Department Albany, New York PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 May 1976Volume 84, Issue 5Page: 604-606KeywordsFactor analysisLymphocytic leukemiaLymphoma ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1976 PDF downloadLoading ...