Sept. 11 responders with low IgE at greater risk for blood cancers

Firefighters and EMS providers with low levels of serum IgE who responded to the attack on the World Trade Center on and after Sept. 11, 2001, had significantly higher odds for developing a hematologic malignancy, a recent study reported.
However, the odds for developing solid tumors were similar among firefighters regardless of their IgE level, Denisa E. Ferastraoaru, MD, attending physician and associate professor of medicine in allergy and immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, and colleagues wrote in the study, published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma &

Firefighters and EMS providers with low levels of serum IgE who responded to the attack on the World Trade Center on and after Sept. 11, 2001, had significantly higher odds for developing a hematologic malignancy, a recent study reported.
However, the odds for developing solid tumors were similar among firefighters regardless of their IgE level, Denisa E. Ferastraoaru, MD, attending physician and associate professor of medicine in allergy and immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, and colleagues wrote in the study, published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma &