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. 2005 Nov 28;93(11):1305-6.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602869.

Antibody levels against BK virus and prostate, kidney and bladder cancers in the EPIC-Oxford cohort

R Newton  1 , T Ribeiro, D Casabonne, E Alvarez, A Touzé, T Key, P Coursaget
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Antibody levels against BK virus and prostate, kidney and bladder cancers in the EPIC-Oxford cohort

R Newton et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

In a case-control study nested within the EPIC-Oxford cohort, there were no statistically significant differences in the prevalence or titre of antibodies against BK virus measured in plasma taken prior to diagnosis between cases with cancer of the prostate (n=31), kidney (n=5) or bladder (n=9) and controls (n=45).

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A graph showing the distribution of anti-BKV antibody titres for people with cancers of the prostate, kidney and bladder and for controls in the EPIC-Oxford cohort.
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