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SUBMITTER: Abbott D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5824717 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abbott Diana D Johnson Nicholas E NE Cannon-Albright Lisa A LA
Muscle & nerve 20160707 4
<h4>Introduction</h4>The risk of cancer in patients diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy (DM) is reported for the homogeneous Utah population.<h4>Methods</h4>Clinical data accessed from the largest Utah healthcare providers have been record-linked to the Utah Population Database, a population-based resource also linked to the Utah Cancer Registry. Relative risks were estimated for 36 cancers of different types in 281 DM patients.<h4>Results</h4>Testicular cancer (relative risk [RR] = 10.74; 95% con ...[more]