TY - JOUR
T1 - Tattoos and hematologic malignancies in British Columbia, Canada
AU - Warner, Freda M.
AU - Darvishian, Maryam
AU - Boyle, Terry
AU - Brooks-Wilson, Angela R.
AU - Connors, Joseph M.
AU - Lai, Agnes S.
AU - Le, Nhu D.
AU - Song, Kevin
AU - Sutherland, Heather
AU - Woods, Ryan R.
AU - Bhatti, Parveen
AU - Spinelli, John J.
N1 - Funding Information:
To support research reported in this manuscript, J.J. Spinelli received grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant number 81274) and the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (grant number 014195). The authors thank Richard Gallagher, Randy Gascoyne, Brian Berry, Tim Lee, Carmen Ng, Leah Weber, and members of the BC Cancer Agency Lymphoma Tumour Group. The authors thank the many people who worked on aspects of the two studies: Zenaida Abanto, Maria Andrews, Kuldip Bagga, Agnes Bauzon, Betty Chan, Betty Hall, Lina Hsu, Rozmin Janoo-Gilani, Michelle Koo, Karen Kraushaar, Stephen Leach, Lorna Lee, Pat Lee, Ashley Lough, Pat Ostrow, Nancy Ross, James Saunders, Lynne Tse, Anthony Tung, and Helen Wang. They also thank the Chief Data Steward, the Data Stewardship Committee, and the staff of the BC Ministry of Health for the provision of the potential control database. Finally, the authors thank all the participants of the studies for making this research possible.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Background: Tattoos may cause a variety of adverse reactions in the body, including immune reactions and infections. However, it is unknown whether tattoos may increase the risk of lymphatic cancers such as non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and multiple myeloma. Methods: Participants from two population-based case–control studies were included in logistic regression models to examine the association between tattoos and risk of NHL and multiple myeloma. Results: A total of 1,518 participants from the NHL study (737 cases) and 742 participants from the multiple myeloma study (373 cases) were included in the analyses. No statistically significant associations were found between tattoos and risk of NHL or multiple myeloma after adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity, education, body mass index, and family history. Conclusions: We did not identify any significant associations between tattoos and risk of multiple myeloma, NHL, or NHL subtypes in these studies. Impact: Though biologically plausible, tattoos were not associated with increased risk of NHL or multiple myeloma in this study. Future studies with greater detail regarding tattoo exposure may provide further insights.
AB - Background: Tattoos may cause a variety of adverse reactions in the body, including immune reactions and infections. However, it is unknown whether tattoos may increase the risk of lymphatic cancers such as non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and multiple myeloma. Methods: Participants from two population-based case–control studies were included in logistic regression models to examine the association between tattoos and risk of NHL and multiple myeloma. Results: A total of 1,518 participants from the NHL study (737 cases) and 742 participants from the multiple myeloma study (373 cases) were included in the analyses. No statistically significant associations were found between tattoos and risk of NHL or multiple myeloma after adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity, education, body mass index, and family history. Conclusions: We did not identify any significant associations between tattoos and risk of multiple myeloma, NHL, or NHL subtypes in these studies. Impact: Though biologically plausible, tattoos were not associated with increased risk of NHL or multiple myeloma in this study. Future studies with greater detail regarding tattoo exposure may provide further insights.
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U2 - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0515
DO - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0515
M3 - Article
C2 - 32699076
AN - SCOPUS:85102298006
VL - 29
SP - 2093
EP - 2095
JO - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
JF - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
SN - 1055-9965
IS - 10
ER -