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Muscular dystrophies and myotonic disorders are genetic disorders characterized by progressive skeletal muscle degeneration and weakness. Epidemiologic studies have found an increased cancer risk in myotonic dystrophy, although the cancer risk spectrum is poorly characterized. In patients with muscular dystrophy, the cancer risk is uncertain. We aimed to determine the overall cancer risk and cancer risk spectrum in patients with muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy using data from the Swedish National registers.
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