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Increased risk of colon cancer after external radiation therapy for prostate cancer

  1. Elisabetta Rapiti1,
  2. Gerald Fioretta1,
  3. Helena M. Verkooijen1,2,
  4. Roberto Zanetti3,
  5. Franz Schmidlin4,5,
  6. Hyma Shubert1,
  7. Arnaud Merglen1,
  8. Raymond Miralbell6,
  9. Christine Bouchardy1,†,*

Article first published online: 10 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23601

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 123, Issue 5, pages 1141–1145, 1 September 2008

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Rapiti, E., Fioretta, G., Verkooijen, H. M., Zanetti, R., Schmidlin, F., Shubert, H., Merglen, A., Miralbell, R. and Bouchardy, C. (2008), Increased risk of colon cancer after external radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Int. J. Cancer, 123: 1141–1145. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23601

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  1. 1

    Geneva Cancer Registry, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland

  2. 2

    Department of Community Occupational and Family Medicine. National University of Singapore, Singapore

  3. 3

    Piedmont Cancer Registry, CPO, Torino, Italy

  4. 4

    Department of Urology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

  5. 5

    Urological Center, Clinique des Grangettes, Geneva, Switzerland

  6. 6

    Department of Radio-Oncology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

  1. †

    Fax: +41-022-379-4971

*Geneva Cancer Registry, 55, Bd de la Cluse, CH-1205 Geneva Switzerland

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 10 JUN 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 28 FEB 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 OCT 2007

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