[Relation of vaccination to childhood malignancy]

Med Klin. 1980 Jan 18;75(2):72-5.
[Article in German]

Abstract

74 German legitimate children who have died 1972/73 by a malignant neoplasm did not differ significantly from healthy controls by their vaccination history. This holds true for vaccination against tetanus, poliomyelitis, smallpox, and tuberculosis. By BCG-vaccination neither a promoting nor a protecting effect could be discovered. Controls were more often vaccinated against diphtheria than cases.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • BCG Vaccine
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diphtheria / prevention & control
  • Diphtheria Toxoid
  • Female
  • Germany, West
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Poliomyelitis / prevention & control
  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated
  • Smallpox / prevention & control
  • Smallpox Vaccine
  • Tetanus / prevention & control
  • Tetanus Toxoid
  • Tuberculosis / prevention & control
  • Vaccination*

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine
  • Diphtheria Toxoid
  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated
  • Smallpox Vaccine
  • Tetanus Toxoid