Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of cancer cases and controls.
| Ch+ (n = 22) | Ch− (n = 23) | C (n = 19) | |
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| Age (years, mean) | 60.7 | 58.7 | 50.6 |
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| Sex | |||
| Male | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Female | 8 | 12 | 11 |
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| Cancer type | 1 Bladder | 3 Breast | NA |
| 1 Bladder and prostate | 4 Kidney | ||
| 4 Breast | 11 Lung | ||
| 1 Breast and Ewing’s sarcoma | 1 Lymphoma | ||
| 1 Colon and prostate | 2 Melanoma | ||
| 1 Esophageal | 2 Testicular | ||
| 1 Gastric | |||
| 3 Lung | |||
| 1 Lung and rectal | |||
| 1 Lung and prostate | |||
| 1 Lymphoma | |||
| 1 Lymphoma and rectal | |||
| 1 Neuroendocrine | |||
| 1 Prostate | |||
| 2 Rectal | |||
| 1 Testicular | |||
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| Treatment other than chemotherapy | NA | ||
| Hormonal | 3 | 4 | |
| Biological | 9 | 4 | |
| Radiation | 9 | 4 | |
| Surgery | 16 | 13 | |
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| Smoking | |||
| Never | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| Ever | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Current | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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| Cerebrovascular risk factors (any combination of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia) | 11 | 10 | 7 |
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| Non-cancer control clinical indications for MRI | NA | NA | 6 headache |
| 2 dizziness | |||
| 1 ataxia | |||
| 1 facial nerve hemangioma | |||
| 1 hand tremor | |||
| 1 hearing loss | |||
| 1 optic neuropathy | |||
| 1 optic disc papilledema | |||
| 1 leg weakness | |||
| 1 pulsatile tinnitus | |||
| 2 vertigo | |||
| 1 Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome | |||