Patterns of risk of cancer in patients with metal-on-metal hip replacements versus other bearing surface types: a record linkage study between a prospective joint registry and general practice electronic health records in England

Arief Lalmohamed; Alexander J MacGregor; Frank de Vries; Hubertus G M Leufkens; Tjeerd P van Staa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065891

Patterns of risk of cancer in patients with metal-on-metal hip replacements versus other bearing surface types: a record linkage study between a prospective joint registry and general practice electronic health records in England

Arief Lalmohamed, Alexander J MacGregor, Frank de Vries, Hubertus G M Leufkens, Tjeerd P van Staa

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Abstract

There are concerns that metal-on-metal hip implants may cause cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate patterns and timing of risk of cancer in patients with metal-on-metal total hip replacements (THR).

Original language	English
Article number	e65891
Journal	PLoS One
Volume	8
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065891
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2013

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Lalmohamed, A., MacGregor, A. J., de Vries, F., Leufkens, H. G. M., & van Staa, T. P. (2013). Patterns of risk of cancer in patients with metal-on-metal hip replacements versus other bearing surface types: a record linkage study between a prospective joint registry and general practice electronic health records in England. PLoS One, 8(7), [e65891]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065891

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Lalmohamed, A, MacGregor, AJ, de Vries, F, Leufkens, HGM & van Staa, TP 2013, 'Patterns of risk of cancer in patients with metal-on-metal hip replacements versus other bearing surface types: a record linkage study between a prospective joint registry and general practice electronic health records in England', PLoS One, vol. 8, no. 7, e65891. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065891

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