No Significant Association Between Herpes Zoster and Breast Cancer: A German Outpatient Study with over 120,000 Participants
In this retrospective cohort study consisting of well-matched patients, the results indicate no significant association between an HZ infection and the development of BC over a 10-year follow-up period. This is the largest study of its kind to date.
Authors
- Niklas Gremke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9015-3646)
- Matthias Kalder
- Karel Kostev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2124-7227)
- André Hajek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6886-2745)
- Vedanth D. Krishnan
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinics and Practice
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract14060218
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00