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Lung cancer in HIV patients and their parents: a Danish cohort study.
BMC cancer - 25 Jun 2011
Engsig Frederik N, Kronborg Gitte, Larsen Carsten S, Pedersen Gitte, Pedersen Court, Gerstoft Jan, Obel Niels
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BACKGROUND: HIV patients are known to be at increased risk of lung cancer but the risk factors behind this are unclear. METHODS: We estimated the cumulative incidence and relative risk of lung cancer in 1) a population of all Danish HIV patients identified from the Danish HIV Cohort Study (n = 5,053) and a cohort of population controls matched on age and gender (n = 50,530) (study period; 1995 - 2009) and 2)...
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