Pancreatic Cancer
Second primary pancreatic cancer risk factors identified
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 1st, 2006
"Studies of pancreatic cancer in the setting of second primary malignant neoplasms can provide etiologic clues. An international multicenter study was carried out using data from 13 cancer registries with a registration period up to year 2000," researchers in the United States reported.
"Cancer patients were followed up from the initial cancer diagnosis, and the occurrence of second primary malignant neoplasms was compared with expected values derived from local rates, adjusting for age, sex, and period of diagnosis. Results from individual registries were pooled by use of a...
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