Opium use and subsequent incidence of cancer: results from the Golestan Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Mahdi Sheikh, MD (Author), Ramin Shakeri, PhD (Author), Hossein Poustchi, PhD (Author), Akram Pourshams, ProfMD (Author), Arash Etemadi, PhD (Author), Farhad Islami, PhD (Author), Masoud Khoshnia, MD (Author), Abdolsamad Gharavi, MD (Author), Gholamreza Roshandel, PhD (Author), Hooman Khademi, MD (Author), Sadaf G Sepanlou, PhD (Author), Maryam Hashemian, PhD (Author), Abdolreza Fazel, MD (Author), Mahdi Zahedi, MD (Author), Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani, MD (Author), Paolo Boffetta, ProfPhD (Author), Sanford M Dawsey, MD (Author), Paul D Pharoah, ProfPhD (Author), Masoud Sotoudeh, ProfMD (Author), Neal D Freedman, PhD (Author), Christian C Abnet, PhD (Author), Nicholas E Day, ProfPhD (Author), Paul Brennan, PhD (Author), Farin Kamangar, ProfPhD (Author), Reza Malekzadeh, ProfMD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Evidence is emerging for a role of opiates in various cancers. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between regular opium use and cancer incidence. Methods: This study was done in a population-based cohort of 50 045 individuals aged 40-75 years from northeast I...