Journal article
The association between colorectal cancer and prior antibiotic prescriptions: case control study
- Abstract:
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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.
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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...
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- 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
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1532-1827
- ISSN:
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0007-0920
- Pmid:
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31929515
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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1084430
- Local pid:
- pubs:1084430
- Deposit date:
- 2020-08-17
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- Copyright holder:
- Armstrong et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Cancer Research UK 2020
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