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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(20):1550-1551; doi:10.1093/jnci/dji331
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© 2005 Oxford University Press

CORRESPONDENCE

Re: Cancer as a Risk Factor for Dementia: A House Built on Shifting Sand

Lara H. Heflin, Beth E. Meyerowitz, Per Hall, Paul Lichtenstein, Boo Johansson, Nancy L. Pedersen, Margaret Gatz

Affiliations of authors: Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (LHH, BEM, NLP, MG); Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (PH, PL, NLP, MG); Department of Psychology, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden (BJ)

Correspondence to: Beth E. Meyerowitz, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061 (e-mail: meyerow@usc.edu).

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Our recent article (1) reported that, in a population-based sample of twins, there was increased risk for cognitive dysfunction in long-term cancer survivors relative to their cancer-free co-twins. Cognitive dysfunction was found in 14.5% of cancer survivors and in 8.7% of twins who had not had cancer. Although clinically diagnosed . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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RESPONSE: Re: Cancer as a Risk Factor for Dementia: A House Built on Shifting Sand
Jeffrey S. Wefel and Christina A. Meyers
J Natl Cancer Inst 2005 97: 1551-1552. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]