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Increased risk of secondary lung cancer in patients with tuberculosis: A nationwide, population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) presents a global threat in the world and the lung is the frequent site of metastatic focus. A previous study demonstrated that TB might increase primary lung cancer risk by two-fold for more than 20 years after the TB diagnosis. However, no large-scale study has evalua...

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Autores principales: Ho, Li-Ju, Yang, Hung-Yi, Chung, Chi-Hsiang, Chang, Wei-Chin, Yang, Sung-Sen, Sun, Chien-An, Chien, Wu-Chien, Su, Ruei-Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8104424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33961650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250531