Cancer Epidemiology
Studies from National Cancer Institute update current data on cancer epidemiology
Published in Cancer Weekly, May 8th, 2007
Scientists discuss in "Measurement of urine pH for epidemiological studies on bladder cancer" new findings in cancer. "for efficiently identifying subjects with constantly acidic pH in epidemiological and clinical studies have not been assessed. We recruited 30 volunteers to estimate the minimum number of urine pH measurements using pH strips needed to identify subjects with "constantly acidic urine pH"," scientists writing in the European Journal of Epidemiology report.
"Spearman's correlation coefficients between urine pH measured with a pH meter and with the four pH strips ranged from 0.94 to 0.95 (p <0.001 for all four strips). Overall agreement within...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-05-08)
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