Colorectal cancer patients: what do they die of?

Matias Riihimäki^{1

2}, Hauke Thomsen¹, Kristina Sundquist^{2

3}, Kari Hemminki^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelbeg, Germany.
² Center for Primary Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
³ Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.

Matias Riihimäki et al. Frontline Gastroenterol. 2012 Jul.

. 2012 Jul;3(3):143-149.

doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2012-100141. Epub 2012 Apr 27.

Matias Riihimäki^{1

2}, Hauke Thomsen¹, Kristina Sundquist^{2

3}, Kari Hemminki^{1

2}

¹ Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelbeg, Germany.
² Center for Primary Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
³ Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None.

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