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01-01-2013 | Letter
Pioglitazone and risk of bladder cancer: clarification of the design of the French study
Author:
A. T. Perez
Published in:
Diabetologia
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Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
To the Editor: In the July 2012 issue of this journal, Neumann et al [
1] presented results from a cohort study using data from the French national health insurance information system. In this paper, the authors report that pioglitazone exposure in patients aged 40–79 years was significantly associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer (adjusted HR 1.22 [95% CI 1.05, 1.43]). …