Cancer after cholecystectomy: record-linkage cohort study.

We investigated whether cholecystectomy is associated with subsequent cancer and, if so, whether the association is likely to be causal, by undertaking a retrospective cohort study using linked medical statistics, comprising a cholecystectomy group (n=39 254) and a reference cohort admitted for a ra...

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Main Authors: Goldacre, M, Abisgold, J, Seagroatt, V, Yeates, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005