Evidence of a Causal Association Between Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease: a Mendelian Randomization Analysis

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While limited observational evidence suggests that cancer survivors have a decreased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), and vice versa, it is not clear whether this relationship is causal. Using a Mendelian randomization approach that provides evidence of causality, we found that genetically predicted lung cancer (OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.84-0.99, p = 0.019), leukemia (OR 0.98, 95% CI 0.96-0.995, p = 0.012),...

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