Cancer incidence of schizophrenic patients. Results of record linkage studies in three countries
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Various associations have been reported in the literature between severe mental disorders, particularly schizophrenia, and other diseases; the demonstrated association of two (or more) diseases would be of great theoretical and practical importance. If two (or more) diseases occur in the same individual significantly more often than would be expected by chance, the same aetiological factors may be involved, or one disease may be pathogenic to the other, or one condition may be a hitherto unrecognised manifestation of the other, or the patient — as a sequela of one disease — may be exposed to risk factors for the other. In addition to the scientific importance of such discoveries, knowledge of this kind may be useful for the furtherance of public-health programmes, for the organisation of services, and for the prevention of illness.
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- Authors
- Gulbinat, W., Dupont, A., Jablensky, A., Jensen, O. M., Marsella, A., Nakane, Y., & Sartorius, N.
- Affiliations
- World Health Organization (CH)
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Gulbinat, Walter
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 1992-10
- Volume
- 161
- Issue
- S18
- Pages
- 75-83
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2418134214
- Cited by
- 110
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 1.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Keywords
- schizophrenia, cancer incidence, comorbidities, severe mental illness, data linkage, disease association
- MeSH terms
- Cross-Sectional Studies, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Denmark, Hawaii, Humans, Japan, Medical Record Linkage, Neoplasms, Registries, Risk, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Cohort Studies, Comorbidity, Incidence
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