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Original Articles: Cancer Epidemiology

Impact of multimorbidity and polypharmacy on mortality after cancer: a nationwide registry-based cohort study in Denmark 2005–2017

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Pages 1653-1660 | Received 15 Sep 2023, Accepted 04 Oct 2023, Published online: 24 Oct 2023

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