Epstein-Barr virus infection is not the sole cause of high prevalence for Hodgkin's lymphoma in Saudi Arabia.
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Epstein-Barr virus infection is not the sole cause of high prevalence for Hodgkin's lymphoma in Saudi Arabia. / Al-Kuraya, Khawla; Narayanappa, Rajeswari; Al-Dayel, Fouad; El-Solh, Hassan; Ezzat, Adnan; Ismail, Hoda; Belgaumi, Asim; Bavi, Prashant; Atizado, Valerie; Sauter, Guido; Simon, Ronald.
In: LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA, Vol. 47, No. 4, 4, 2006, p. 707-713.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Epstein-Barr virus infection is not the sole cause of high prevalence for Hodgkin's lymphoma in Saudi Arabia.
AU - Al-Kuraya, Khawla
AU - Narayanappa, Rajeswari
AU - Al-Dayel, Fouad
AU - El-Solh, Hassan
AU - Ezzat, Adnan
AU - Ismail, Hoda
AU - Belgaumi, Asim
AU - Bavi, Prashant
AU - Atizado, Valerie
AU - Sauter, Guido
AU - Simon, Ronald
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The age-adjusted incidence of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is markedly higher in Saudi Arabia than in the USA, and accounts for 10.5% of all neoplasias in children aged 15 years or older in Saudi Arabia. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection has been suspected to cause high HL incidence in developing countries. To investigate the role of EBV for the high frequency of HL in Saudi Arabia, we analysed 169 HLs from Saudi Arabia and 30 HLs from Europe for EBV infection by in situ hybridization with fluorescence in-conjugated EBV on tissue microarray sections. All Saudi Arabian and European HLs were analysed in one experiment under identical conditions. Unexpectedly, our data show only minor, insignificant differences in EBV infection rates between Saudi Arabian (42 out of 147 informative cases 28.6%) and European HL (nine out of 30 informative cases; 30%; P = 0.8752). Within the Saudi Arabian population, EBV infection was most frequently seen in mixed cellularity HL (52.4%). This was significantly more frequent than in nodular sclerosing HL (26.1%; P = 0.0236). EBV positivity was unrelated to patient prognosis. In conclusion, our data strongly suggest that EBV is not the main cause for the high prevalence of HL in Saudi Arabia. This would be consistent with a major role of genetic susceptibility genes for HL in these populations. The Saudi Arabian population, with high consanguinity and large families, would prove ideal for identifying HL susceptibility genes.
AB - The age-adjusted incidence of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is markedly higher in Saudi Arabia than in the USA, and accounts for 10.5% of all neoplasias in children aged 15 years or older in Saudi Arabia. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection has been suspected to cause high HL incidence in developing countries. To investigate the role of EBV for the high frequency of HL in Saudi Arabia, we analysed 169 HLs from Saudi Arabia and 30 HLs from Europe for EBV infection by in situ hybridization with fluorescence in-conjugated EBV on tissue microarray sections. All Saudi Arabian and European HLs were analysed in one experiment under identical conditions. Unexpectedly, our data show only minor, insignificant differences in EBV infection rates between Saudi Arabian (42 out of 147 informative cases 28.6%) and European HL (nine out of 30 informative cases; 30%; P = 0.8752). Within the Saudi Arabian population, EBV infection was most frequently seen in mixed cellularity HL (52.4%). This was significantly more frequent than in nodular sclerosing HL (26.1%; P = 0.0236). EBV positivity was unrelated to patient prognosis. In conclusion, our data strongly suggest that EBV is not the main cause for the high prevalence of HL in Saudi Arabia. This would be consistent with a major role of genetic susceptibility genes for HL in these populations. The Saudi Arabian population, with high consanguinity and large families, would prove ideal for identifying HL susceptibility genes.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 47
SP - 707
EP - 713
JO - LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA
JF - LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA
SN - 1042-8194
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -
