The risk of colorectal cancer was examined among spouses of approximately 10,000 colorectal cancer patients. A total of 8,095 spouses were identified, and cancer cases in this cohort were sought in the Danish Cancer Registry. No excess risk was found for colorectal cancer as such. The data were also
Reduced cancer incidence among patients with schizophrenia
β Scribed by Yoram Barak; Anat Achiron; Matilda Mandel; Ilona Mirecki; Dov Aizenberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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