Risk of a Second Primary Cancer after Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in White Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study

Fengju Song; Abrar A. Qureshi; Edward L. Giovannucci; Charlie S. Fuchs; Wendy Y. Chen; Meir J. Stampfer; Jiali Han

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001433

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Risk of a Second Primary Cancer after Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in White Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study

Fengju Song,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Abrar A. Qureshi,

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Edward L. Giovannucci,

Affiliations Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Charlie S. Fuchs,

Affiliations Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Wendy Y. Chen,

Affiliations Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Meir J. Stampfer,

Affiliations Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jiali Han

* E-mail: jiali.han@channing.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Risk of a Second Primary Cancer after Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in White Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study

Fengju Song,
Abrar A. Qureshi,
Edward L. Giovannucci,
Charlie S. Fuchs,
Wendy Y. Chen,
Meir J. Stampfer,
Jiali Han

Published: April 23, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001433

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Smoking may explain some of the links between non-melanoma skin cancer and internal cancers for women in this study Posted by wbgrant on 24 Apr 2013 at 18:48 GMT

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