Surveillance Bias in Cancer Risk After Unrelated Medical Conditions: Example Urolithiasis

We analysed cancer risks in patients with urinary tract stones but some features of the generated results alarmed us about possible surveillance bias, which we describe in this report. We used nationwide Swedish hospital records to identify patients with urinary tract stones (N = 211,718) and cancer...

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Autores principales: Hemminki, Kari, Hemminki, Otto, Försti, Asta, Sundquist, Kristina, Sundquist, Jan, Li, Xinjun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28808281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08839-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28808281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08839-5

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