Archive for August 31st, 2010
Another Chinese Study of MDS Risk Factors
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010So what are the myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) risk factors du jour? Treatment for tuberculosis, benzene, "new building and renovation", pesticides, hair dyes, traditional Chinese medicines (for one subtype of MDS), gasoline and herbicides. Education was somehow protective. See "Case-Control Study of Risk Factors of Myelodysplastic Syndromes According to World Health Organization Classification in a Chinese Population" published in the Feb. 2011 American Journal of Hematology.