Surveillance Bias in Cancer Risk After Unrelated Medical Conditions: Example Urolithiasis

Abstract We analysed cancer risks in patients with urinary tract stones but some features of the generated results alarmed us about possible surveillance bias, which we describe in this report. We used nationwide Swedish hospital records to identify patients with urinary tract stones (N = 211,718) a...

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Auteurs principaux: Kari Hemminki, Otto Hemminki, Asta Försti, Kristina Sundquist, Jan Sundquist, Xinjun Li
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/48c48949302348feafcee97c5a14547c
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