Risk of cancer in patients with iron deficiency anemia: A nationwide population-based study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Hung, Ning ^a   Shen, Cheng Che ^b,c   Hu, Yu Wen ^a,d,e   Hu, Li Yu ^b   Yeh, Chiu Mei ^e   Teng, Chung Jen ^a,e,f   Kuan, Ai Seon ^a   Chen, San Chi ^e   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^e   Liu, Chia Jen ^a,e  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; DISEASE DURATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THYROID CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924968139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119647     Document Type: Article

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