Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on June 24, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(13):973-974; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn161
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Published by Oxford University Press 2008.
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Response: Re: The Association Between Statins and Cancer Incidence in a Veterans Population
Affiliations of authors: Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA (WRF, EVL, RAL, MTB, LDF, JMG); Division of Aging (WRF, RES, EVL, JMG) and Cardiovascular Division and Division of Preventive Medicine (JMG), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology (EVL) and Department of Biostatistics (RAL), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (MTB, LDF)
Correspondence to: Wildon R. Farwell, MD MPH, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston Division (151 MAV), 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02130 (e-mail: wildon.farwell@va.gov).
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We thank Drs Platz and Ravnskov for their interest in our paper. Dr Platz raises the issue of detection bias with respect to prostate cancer. We agree with Dr Platz that detection bias is a potential limitation of many observational studies that use administrative and electronic clinical
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