Diabetes and cancer I: risk, survival, and implications for screening

Cancer Causes & Control - Tập 23 Số 6 - Trang 967-981 - 2012
Adedayo A. Onitilo1,2, Jessica M. Engel3, Ingrid Glurich4, Rachel V. Stankowski4, Gail Williams5, Suhail A.R. Doi5
1Marshfield Clinic Weston Center
2University of Queensland
3Department of Hematology/Oncology, Marshfield Clinic Cancer Care, Stevens Point, USA
4Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, USA
5School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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