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Association between Appendectomy and Subsequent Colorectal Cancer Development: An Asian Population Study
OBJECTIVES: The appendix may modulate colon microbiota and bowel inflammation. We investigated whether appendectomy alters colorectal cancer risk. METHODS: We identified a cohort of 75979 patients who underwent appendectomy between 1997 and 1999 based on the insurance claims of Taiwan. A comparison...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339380/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25710790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118411 |