[Possible interactions between Toxoplasma gondii infection and the presence of carcinomas of female genitalia and the breast].

Abstract

The authors made a serologic study for the existence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in women with genital tract and breast cancer. Antibodies to the parasite were found in 93.7 per 100 of the cases; 20.46 per 100 of the patients showed titers of 1:400 or higher, probably due to active toxoplasmosis. Considering the group of cancer patients with lymph node metastases, antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii were found in 97.33 per 100 of them.