[Correspondence] Gastrointestinal cancer risk in cystic fibrosis: more exploration is needed

In The Lancet Oncology, Akihiro Yamada and colleagues1 presented a meta-analysis that assessed the risk of gastrointestinal cancer in patients with cystic fibrosis by synthesis of results from six cohort studies. Patients with cystic fibrosis were shown to have a significantly increased risk of gastrointestinal cancer compared with the general population, including cancers of the small bowel, colon, biliary tract, and pancreas.

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