- Abstract:
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The incidence of cancer and related mortality was studied in 1651 patients from six dialysis centres in England over 10 years. The only type of cancer for which there was a significant excess was non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (four cases observed against an expected incidence of 0.15 (p < 0.001); three deaths against an expected 0.1 (p < 0.001)). This excess could not be attributed to either subsequent transplantation or treatment with immunosuppressive drugs. Since immunodepression is a featu...
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- 10.1136/bmj.280.6229.1401
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- Journal:
- British medical journal
- Volume:
- 280
- Issue:
- 6229
- Pages:
- 1401-1403
- Publication date:
- 1980-06-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-5833
- ISSN:
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0007-1447
- URN:
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uuid:87c3905c-a0fb-46dc-b0dd-d4049f2ed78d
- Source identifiers:
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113151
- Local pid:
- pubs:113151
- Language:
- English
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- Copyright date:
- 1980
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Cancer in patients receiving dialysis.
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