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Cancer risk in nontransplanted and transplanted cystic fibrosis patients: a 10-year study.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 5 Mar 2003
Maisonneuve Patrick, FitzSimmons Stacey C, Neglia Joseph P, Campbell Preston W, Lowenfels Albert B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cancer in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common genetic disorder in Caucasians, has been a rare event. However, more patients now reach adulthood, and more patients undergo organ transplantation-factors associated with an increased cancer risk. Our aim was to assess the risk of cancer in nontransplanted and transplanted CF patients. METHODS: We followed 28 858 patients whose data were...
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