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Bladder Cancer
Studies from E. Stefani and colleagues reveal new findings on bladder cancer
January 6th, 2009
"To determine the major dietary patterns associated with bladder cancer risk, we conducted a principal components analysis (PCA) in a case-control study from Uruguay. A total of 255 newly diagnosed and microscopically confirmed cases of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder and 501 hospitalized controls were included in the study," scientists in Montevideo, Uruguay report. "Both series were drawn from the four major public hospitals in Montevideo, Uruguay. Cases and controls were frequency matched on age and sex. Controls were submitted to factor (principal components) analysis. We retained three factors that explained 25.1% of the total variance (including error...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-06)
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