Pattern of declining hemoglobin concentration before cancer diagnosis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1429-1436

  Edgren, Gustaf ^a   Bagnardi, Vincenzo ^b,c   Bellocco, Rino ^a,b   Hjalgrim, Henrik ^d   Rostgaard, Klaus ^d   Melbye, Mads ^d   Reilly, Marie ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,e   Hall, Per ^a   Nyrén, Olof ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cancer; Diagnostic tools; Epidemiology; Hemoglobin concentration

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

BLOOD DONORS; COHORT STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955645225     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25122     Document Type: Article

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