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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(1):1; doi:10.1093/jnci/95.1.1-c
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 1, 1, January 1, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

Press Release

Exposure to Contaminated Poliovirus Vaccine Not Likely Linked to Rare Cancer

Linda Wang, Assistant News Editor, Katherine Arnold, News Editor

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The poliovirus vaccine used in mass immunization programs in the late 1950s and early 1960s was contaminated with the monkey virus SV40, which has been detected in some human tumors, particularly pleural mesothelioma. However, the rise in incidence of pleural mesothelioma between 1975 and 1997 is not likely the result of immunization . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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