Epidemiologic Aspects of Gallbladder Cancer: A Case-Control Study of the SEARCH Program of the International Agency for Research on Cancer

Abstract

These findings are consistent with a major role of gallstones, or risk factors for gallstones, in the cause of gallbladder cancer. Additional information on whether or not screening high-risk subjects for gallstones or gallbladder cancer is needed.

Keywords

MedicineGallbladder cancerCancerPopulationSpouseCholecystectomyCancer registryDemographyGerontologySurgeryInternal medicineEnvironmental health

MeSH Terms

AdultAustraliaBody Mass IndexCanadaCase-Control StudiesDietFemaleGallbladder NeoplasmsHumansInternational AgenciesMaleNetherlandsPolandRisk FactorsSurveys and Questionnaires

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Year: 1997
Type: article
Volume: 89
Issue: 15
Pages: 1132-1138
Citations: 283
Access: Closed

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                                    Witold Zatoński, 
                                
                                    K. Przewozniak, 
                                
                                    Albert B. Lowenfels
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1997). 
                            Epidemiologic Aspects of Gallbladder Cancer: A Case-Control Study of the SEARCH Program of the International Agency for Research on Cancer. 
                            JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
                            , 89
                            (15)
                            , 1132-1138.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/89.15.1132
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.15.1132
PMID: 9262251

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