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To the Editor: Curtis et al. (March 27 issue)¹ conclude that patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation have an increased risk of new solid cancers later in life. The authors calculated the observed numbers of solid cancers on the basis of data from 19,229 patients who had received allogeneic or syngeneic transplants between 1964 and 1992 at 235 centers, with the expected numbers of solid cancers calculated on the basis of data obtained from selected registries in the United States, England and Wales, Europe, and Asia. The authors then calculated the ratios of observed to expected cases and the corresponding 95 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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