Risk of cancer in patients with iron deficiency anemia: a nationwide population-based study.

This study evaluated the risk of cancer among patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) by using a nationwide population-based data set.Patients newly diagnosed with IDA and without antecedent cancer between 2000 and 2010 were recruited from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. T...

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Main Authors: Ning Hung, Cheng-Che Shen, Yu-Wen Hu, Li-Yu Hu, Chiu-Mei Yeh, Chung-Jen Teng, Ai-Seon Kuan, San-Chi Chen, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Chia-Jen Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4363660?pdf=render