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Inclusion and exclusion of patients with cancer. aMost patients had a histological verification. The few remaining patients had other convincing evidence of cancer. bOne patient had two new cancers, colon cancer (counted here), plus squamous cell carcinoma of lung discovered in hospital. Lung cancer discovered incidentally during work-up. cOne patient had one new (prostate) and one recurrent (bladder) cancer. The prostate cancer has been counted here, because this was the new cancer.
