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Parkinson's disease and cancer

Parkinson's Disease and Cancer: The Unexplored Connection http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/102/6/371.full "Epidemiological studies show that Parkinson's patients have less risk of most cancers but increased risk for some."

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/cancer/articles/2011/06/06/parkinsons-disease-may-boost-melanoma-risk-study "Over the past decade there has been accumulating evidence that Parkinson's disease patients are less likely to have most types of cancers, particularly smoking-related cancers; however, they were more likely to have melanoma,"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/06/us-melanoma-parkinsons-idUSTRE7556H620110606 Other cancers are less common in Parkinson’s. “Epidemiological studies have consistently shown that individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are less likely to develop nonmelanoma cancers and vice versa.” (Drugs Today (Barc). 2011 Mar;47(3): 215-22).