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Comment
. 2015 Dec 1;113(11):1632.
doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.219. Epub 2015 Jun 23.

Comment on: 'Trends in the lifetime risk of developing cancer in Great Britain: comparison of risk for those born from 1930 to 1960'--cancer predictions need more context

J L Oke  1 , B D Nicholson  1 , B Shinkins  1
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Comment on: 'Trends in the lifetime risk of developing cancer in Great Britain: comparison of risk for those born from 1930 to 1960'--cancer predictions need more context

J L Oke et al. Br J Cancer. .
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All-cancer incidence and mortality in the United Kingdom from 1975 to 2011(solid lines) and projected incidence and mortality (dashed lines).
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