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. 2013;18(10):1148.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0216.

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Cristina Bosetti  1 , Valentina Rosato, Danilo Buniato, Antonella Zambon, Carlo La Vecchia, Giovanni Corrao
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Cristina Bosetti et al. Oncologist. 2013.

Abstract

The sensitivity analyses suggested in the Letter to the Editor by de Vries et al. was performed, but no material change in relative risk for bladder cancer was found. This is not surprising given the limited contribution of the studies excluded in the sensitivity analyses.

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