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SUBMITTER: Black A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4119533 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Black Amanda A Gibson Todd M TM Shiels Meredith S MS Park Yikyung Y Robien Kim K Albanes Demetrius D Weinstein Stephanie J SJ Freeman Laura E Beane LE Andreotti Gabriella G Purdue Mark P MP Fraumeni Joseph F JF Hartge Patricia P Tucker Margaret A MA Hoover Robert N RN Cerhan James R JR Zeleniuch-Jacquotte Anne A Curtis Rochelle E RE Elena Joanne J Sampson Joshua N JN Berrington de Gonzalez Amy A Morton Lindsay M LM
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20140515 8
<h4>Background</h4>With over 13 million cancer survivors in the United States today, second cancers are of rapidly growing importance. However, data on nontreatment risk factors for second cancers are sparse. We explored the feasibility of pooling data from cohort studies of cancer incidence to investigate second cancer etiology.<h4>Methods</h4>We combined data from five prospective studies including more than 800,000 individuals. We compared study designs and populations; evaluated availability ...[more]