HLA system and testicular germinative tumours

In 62 patients with testicular germinative tumours and 301 healthy unrelated subjects, 23 HLA antigens of A and B loci were tested. In the group of 40 seminomas the incidence of HLA-Bw35 antigen and in 22 patients with non-seminomas (embryonal carcinomas, teratocarcinoma and mixed forms) the frequen...

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Published inOncology Vol. 36; no. 5; p. 228
Main Authors Májský, A, Abrahámová, J, Korínková, P, Bek, V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland 01.01.1979
Subjects
Dysgerminoma - immunology
Gene Frequency
HLA Antigens - genetics
Humans
Male
Neoplasms - etiology
Statistics as Topic
Teratoma - immunology
Testicular Neoplasms - immunology
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Summary:In 62 patients with testicular germinative tumours and 301 healthy unrelated subjects, 23 HLA antigens of A and B loci were tested. In the group of 40 seminomas the incidence of HLA-Bw35 antigen and in 22 patients with non-seminomas (embryonal carcinomas, teratocarcinoma and mixed forms) the frequency of HLA-A 10 antigen were significantly higher (27.50 vs. 14.28% in the controls, p greater than 0.025; 36.36 vs. 15.28%, p less than 0.025). After correction by multiplying p by the number of typed antigens there was no statistically significant result any more. The causes of dubious results of the studies about the association between HLA and malignancies are discussed.
ISSN:0030-2414
DOI:10.1159/000225347