The present study was designed to investigate the hypothesis that febrile infectious childhood diseases (FICDs) are associated with a lower cancer risk in adulthood…
The study consistently revealed a lower cancer risk for patients with a history of FICD.
The strongest associations were found between patients with non-breast cancers and rubella [and then] chickenpox.
A strong association was also found with the overall number of FICD both ‘classical’ (measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, scarlet-fever and chickenpox) and ‘other’.
The number of FICD decreased the cancer risk, in particular for non-breast cancers.