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. 1975 Jan;54(1):61-4.
doi: 10.1093/jnci/54.1.61.

Unexpected high incidence of primary liver cancer in Geneva, Switzerland

A J Tuyns, M Obradovic

Unexpected high incidence of primary liver cancer in Geneva, Switzerland

A J Tuyns et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1975 Jan.

Abstract

The age-standardized incidence rate of primary liver cancer (PLC) in Geneva was 9.7 per 100,000 in males, a figure four or five times higher than incidence rates reported elsewhere in Europe . These PLC's were often associated with cirrhosis and alcoholism. This indicated that the toll of PLC related to alcoholism and to alcoholic cirrhosis may be greater than anticipated.

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