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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(13):973-974; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn161
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Published by Oxford University Press 2008.

CORRESPONDENCE

Response: Re: The Association Between Statins and Cancer Incidence in a Veterans Population

Wildon R. Farwell, Richard E. Scranton, Elizabeth V. Lawler, Robert A. Lew, Mary T. Brophy, Louis D. Fiore, J. Michael Gaziano

Affiliations of authors: Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA (WRF, EVL, RAL, MTB, LDF, JMG); Division of Aging (WRF, RES, EVL, JMG) and Cardiovascular Division and Division of Preventive Medicine (JMG), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology (EVL) and Department of Biostatistics (RAL), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (MTB, LDF)

Correspondence to: Wildon R. Farwell, MD MPH, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston Division (151 MAV), 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02130 (e-mail: wildon.farwell@va.gov).

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