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SUBMITTER: Wong G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2689896 | biostudies-other | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wong Germaine G Hayen Andrew A Chapman Jeremy R JR Webster Angela C AC Wang Jie Jin JJ Mitchell Paul P Craig Jonathan C JC
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20090430 6
People with ESRD are at increased risk for cancer, but it is uncertain when this increased risk begins in the spectrum of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of our study was to determine whether moderate CKD increases the risk for cancer among older people. We linked the Blue Mountains Eye Study, a prospective population-based cohort study of 3654 residents aged 49 to 97 yr, and the New South Wales Cancer Registry. During a mean follow-up of 10.1 yr, 711 (19.5%) cancers occurred in 3654 parti ...[more]