Parity and pancreatic cancer risk: a dose-response meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies.

BACKGROUND: Previous epidemiologic studies have reported inconsistent results between parity and pancreatic cancer (PC) risk. To our knowledge, a comprehensive and quantitative assessment of this association has not been conducted. METHODS: Relevant published studies of parity and PC were identified...

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Main Authors: Hong-Bo Guan, Lang Wu, Qi-Jun Wu, Jingjing Zhu, Tingting Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962437?pdf=render