No association between hepatitis B and pancreatic cancer in a prospective study in Korea

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 648-

  De Gonzalez, Amy Berrington ^a   Jee, Sun Ha ^b   Engels, Eric A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; KOREA; LETTER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KOREA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59149089557     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.7514     Document Type: Letter

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