Appendicitis as an Early Manifestation of Subsequent Malignancy: An Asian Population Study

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Cancer risk after appendectomy in patients with appendicitis remains unclear. This study examined the role of appendicitis as an early manifestation harbingering the distant malignancy. METHODS: From the insurance claims data of Taiwan, we identified a cohort of 130,374 patien...

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Autores principales: Wu, Shih-Chi, Chen, William Tzu-Liang, Muo, Chih-Hsin, Sung, Fung-Chang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25915658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122725

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25915658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122725

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