Pulmonary tuberculosis increases the risk of lung cancer

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 618-624

  Wu, Chen Yi ^a,b   Hu, Hsiao Yun ^c   Pu, Cheng Yun ^b   Huang, Nicole ^b   Shen, Hsi Che ^a   Li, Chung Pin ^b,d   Chou, Yiing Jeng ^b  

^a Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Ching Kuo Institute of Management of Health   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cohort study; lung cancer; population based; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79251508664     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25616     Document Type: Article

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