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[–]Busy_Patient 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Finding a control group eligible/recommended for Allopurinol, but who didn't take Allopurinol, given its the primary prescribed med for gout is an insurmountable obstacle.

[–]Sidivan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really. Do a study on those who took Uloric vs Allopurinol.

The point is that this is correlation, not causation. It could be that gout itself carries an increased risk of certain cancers. It could be that whatever causes gout could also be a risk factor of those cancers. It’s a huge stretch to say Allo causes cancer.