Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 75-78 , January 2010

Cancer risk after sterilization with transcervical quinacrine: updated findings from a Chilean cohort

  • David C. Sokal

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, Durham, NC 27709, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Family Health International, PO Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. Tel.: +1 919 544 7040x11232; fax: +1 919 544 7261.
    • ,
  • Valentin Trujillo

      Affiliations

    • San Jose Hospital, 8380000 Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • Sergio C. Guzmán

      Affiliations

    • Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, 5090000 Valdivia, Chile
    • ,
  • Rene Guzman-Serani

      Affiliations

    • Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, 5090000 Valdivia, Chile
    • ,
  • Angie Wheeless

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, Durham, NC 27709, USA
    • ,
  • David Hubacher

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, Durham, NC 27709, USA

Received 3 June 2009 ,Revised 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 14 July 2009.

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☆ Funding: This study was supported in part by Family Health International (FHI), with funds from an anonymous donor.

PII: S0010-7824(09)00351-5

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.07.006

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