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Annals of Oncology 2007 18(1):4-5; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdl485
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© 2007 European Society for Medical Oncology

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It is too early to know if intelligence determines cancer incidence and survival

MS Aapro

Doyen IMO Clinique de Genolier, Genolier, Switzerland

(E-mail: maapro@genolier.net)

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Batty et al. [1] present in this issue of Annals of Oncology a fascinating study evaluating the possibility that mental ability [intelligence quotient (‘IQ’)] in young adulthood (mean age of probands, a million male recruits in the Swedish army, was 19.5 years) might represent a determinant of cancer risk around age 40. They actually report that there was limited evidence of a link between IQ and incidence of cancer, which disappeared after correction for socioeconomic class. One exception was the IQ–skin cancer relationship, with increased rates evident in the higher IQ scoring men. In Sweden, and elsewhere, elevated rates of skin cancer have also been reported in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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