Increased Risk of Cancer in relation to Gout: A Review of Three Prospective Cohort Studies with 50,358 Subjects

• Main Authors: Weijie Wang (Author), Donghua Xu (Author), Bin Wang (Author), Shushan Yan (Author), Xiaochen Wang (Author), Yin Yin (Author), Xuehao Wang (Author), Beicheng Sun (Author), Xiaoyang Sun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gout is a common inflammatory disease characterized by acute arthritis and hyperuricemia. A number of epidemiological studies have suggested the critical role of gout in carcinogenesis. The aim of this study was to estimate the association between gout and cancer risk by meta-analysis of all relevan...