Amiodarone and the risk of cancer Su VY, Hu YW, Chou KT, Ou SM, Lee YC, Lin EY, Chen TJ, Tzeng CH, Liu CJ. Amiodarone and the risk of cancer: A nationwide population-based study. Cancer. 2013 May 1;119(9):1699-705. Epub 2013 Apr 8.Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Abstract BACKGROUND:In postmarketing surveillance, [...]
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