Non-pulmonary cancer risk following tuberculosis: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Lithuania
Abstract Background Lithuania remains one of the highest tuberculosis burden countries in Europe. Epidemiological studies have long pointed to infections as important factors of cancer aetiology, but the association between tuberculosis and the risk of non-pulmonary cancers has rarely been tested an...
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| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Infectious Agents and Cancer |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13027-017-0143-8 |