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. 2022 Mar 2;14(1):24-30.
doi: 10.3390/hematolrep14010005.

Blood Group Type Association with Head and Neck Cancer

Gaube Alexandra  1 , Michire Alexandru  2   3 , Calangiu Filip Stefan  3 , Draghia Petruta-Maria  3 , Burlacu Mihnea Gabriel  3 , Georgescu Dragos-Eugen  2   4 , Georgescu Mihai Teodor  2   3
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Blood Group Type Association with Head and Neck Cancer

Gaube Alexandra et al. Hematol Rep. .

Abstract

Background: We conducted an analysis to check whether the ABO blood group impacts the susceptibility or protection against different types of head and neck cancers.

Method: We analyzed the medical records of 61,899 cancer patients from "Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu" Institute of Oncology from Bucharest, along with the corresponding blood group type. Data were scraped using Python. For analysis, we used Chi-square test.

Results: The blood group count was A (245, 45.12%) followed by 0 (160, 24.66%), B (110, 20.26%), and AB (28, 5.16%). Hypopharyngeal cancer was associated with B group, oral cavity cancer was associated with a lower risk in patients with B group while AB patients had a higher risk for oral cavity cancer (χ2 = 36.136, df = 18, p = 0.007).

Conclusion: Blood group B is associated with an increased incidence for hypopharyngeal cancer, whereas, for the oral cavity, was associated lower incidence. Blood antigen A is associated with a higher risk of oral cavity cancer development, independent of B blood antigen.

Keywords: blood group; hypopharyngeal cancer; oral cavity cancer; oropharyngeal cancer; protective factor.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Higher hypopharynx cancer was associated with B group, oral cavity cancer was associated with a lower risk in patients with B group, while AB patients had a higher risk for oral cavity cancer.
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