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A. J. Tuyns, M. Obradovic, Brief Communication: Unexpected High Incidence of Primary Liver Cancer in Geneva, Switzerland, JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Volume 54, Issue 1, January 1975, Pages 61–64, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/54.1.61
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Abstract
The age-standardized incidence rate of primary liver cancer (PLC) in Geneva was 9.7 per 100,000 in males, a figure four or five times higher than incidence rates reported elsewhere in Europe. These PLC's were often associated with cirrhosis and alcoholism. This indicated that the toll of PLC related to alcoholism and to alcoholic cirrhosis may be greater than anticipated.
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Clinical and Laboratory Investigations on Man
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