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Allergies are associated with reduced pancreas cancer risk: A population-based case–control study in Ontario, Canada

  1. Ayelet Eppel1,†,*,
  2. Michelle Cotterchio2,3,
  3. Steven Gallinger1,4

Article first published online: 20 JUN 2007

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22884

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 121, Issue 10, pages 2241–2245, 15 November 2007

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Eppel, A., Cotterchio, M. and Gallinger, S. (2007), Allergies are associated with reduced pancreas cancer risk: A population-based case–control study in Ontario, Canada. Int. J. Cancer, 121: 2241–2245. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22884

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  1. 1

    Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry, Digestive Diseases Clinical Research Centre, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2

    Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  3. 3

    Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  4. 4

    Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  1. †

    Fax: 416-586-8214

*Mount Sinai Hospital, Digestive Diseases Clinical Research Centre, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Centre, 60 Murray Street, Box 24, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3L9, Canada

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 SEP 2007
  2. Article first published online: 20 JUN 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 27 APR 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 28 FEB 2007

Funded by

  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: R01 CA97075, as part of the PACGENE consortium
  • The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research and the Ontario Cancer Research Network
  • US National Cancer Institute, NIH (RFA#CA-95-011. Grant Number: U01-CA74783

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