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The association between colorectal cancer and prior antibiotic prescriptions: case control study

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Background Antibiotic use over several decades is believed to be associated with colorectal adenomas. There is little evidence, however, for the effect of more recent antibiotic use on frequency of colorectal cancers.
Methods A case control study used the RCGP’s Research and Surveillance Centre cohort of patients drawn from NHS England. In all, 35,214 patients with a new diagnosis of colorectal cancer between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2018 were identified in the database and we...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1038/s41416-019-0701-5

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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-7620-4902
Publisher:
Springer Nature Publisher's website
Journal:
British Journal of Cancer Journal website
Volume:
122
Issue:
6
Pages:
912-917
Publication date:
2020-01-13
Acceptance date:
2019-12-11
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EISSN:
1532-1827
ISSN:
0007-0920
Pmid:
31929515
Language:
English
Pubs id:
1084430
Local pid:
pubs:1084430
Deposit date:
2020-08-17

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