Risk of primary liver cancer associated with gallstones and cholecystectomy: a meta-analysis.

Recent epidemiological evidence points to an association between gallstones or cholecystectomy and the incidence risk of liver cancer, but the results are inconsistent. We present a meta-analysis of observational studies to explore this association.We identified studies by a literature search of Pub...

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Main Authors: Yanqiong Liu, Yu He, Taijie Li, Li Xie, Jian Wang, Xue Qin, Shan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4188756?pdf=render