Gallstones, cholecystectomy and risk of cancers of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 640-644

  Chow, W H ^a   Johansen, C ^b   Gridley, G ^a   Mellemkjaer L ^b   Olsen, Jh ^b   Fraumeni Jr , Jf ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biliary tract; Cholecystectomy; Cohort study; Gallstones; Liver; Neoplasms; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VATER PAPILLA;

AGED; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032904440     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690101     Document Type: Article

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