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• Patterns of metachronous metastases after curative treatment of colorectal cancer

  BACKGROUND: This study aimed to provide information on timing, anatomical location, and predictors for metachronous metastases of colorectal cancer based on a large consecutive series of non-selected patients. METHODS: All patients operated on withcu...

• Pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke in lung cancer patients: results from a longitudinal study

  PURPOSE: In this cohort study, the rates of pulmonary embolism (PE), myocardial infarction (MI), and ischemic stroke (IS) before and after lung cancer (LC) diagnosis were compared to cancer-free controls. METHODS: Patients with LC during 2000-2007ere...

• First year of life medication use and hospital admission rates: premature compared with term infants

  OBJECTIVE: To compare hospitalization and medication use during the first year of life in preterm-born and term-born infants. STUDY DESIGN: Data for this retrospective cohort study were obtained from the linked PHARMO-Netherlands Perinatal Registryco...

• Increased use of antimicrobial agents and hospital admission for infections in patients with primary adrenal insufficiency: a cohort study

  BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that infections are an important cause of death in patients with Addison's disease, but epidemiological studies on the frequency of infections in this population are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To assess and compre...

• Increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest in obstructive pulmonary disease: a case-control study

  BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine whether (1) patients with obstructive pulmonary disease (OPD) have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) due to ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (VT/VF), and (2) the SCA risk is mediated by cardioas...

• Risk of myocardial infarction in Dutch patients following discharge for total hip/knee replacement and matched controls: a population-based cohort study

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• Risk of fractures in patients with multiple sclerosis: a population-based cohort study

  OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk of fracture in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with population-based controls. METHODS: A population-based cohort study was performed in the Dutch PHARMO Record Linkage System (1998-2008). Patients withMS...

• Knee arthroplasty and risk of hip fracture: a population-based, case-control study

  The majority of knee arthroplasties (KAs) are performed in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Although bone mass may be increased in these patients, subjects with knee OA may have an increased risk of hip fracture, possibly due to an increased seveit...

• Prevalence and incidence of acute and chronic comorbidity in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

  BACKGROUND: Limited data exist on the burden of comorbidity among patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer (SCCHN) before and during cancer treatment. METHODS: The precancer prevalence and incidence rates of 8 comorbid conditions were estimte...

• Occurrence of Comorbidities before and after Soft Tissue Sarcoma Diagnosis

  Background. Data is limited on the burden of common comorbidities, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), respiratory disease and diabetes, or comorbidities related to cancer and its treatment, such as anemia and depression, in patients with soft tisu...