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Association of BCG Vaccination in Childhood With Subsequent Cancer Diagnoses: A 60-Year Follow-up of a Clinical Trial

IMPORTANCE: The BCG vaccine is currently the only approved tuberculosis vaccine and is widely administered worldwide, usually during infancy. Previous studies found increased rates of lymphoma and leukemia in BCG-vaccinated populations. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether BCG vaccination was associated...

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Autores principales: Usher, Nicholas T., Chang, Suyoung, Howard, Robin S., Martinez, Adriana, Harrison, Lee H., Santosham, Mathuram, Aronson, Naomi E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Medical Association 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6763973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31553471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.12014