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Cancer risks to spouses and offspring in the family-cancer database

1 Jan 2001

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It is generally accepted that cancer is caused by environmental and inherited factors but these are only partially identified. Family studies can be informative but they do not separate shared lifestyles and genes. We estimate familial risks for concordant cancers between spouses in common cancers of both sexes in order to quantify cancer risks from the shared environment. The risks are compared to those seen...

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PMID: 11180450
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2272(200102)20:2<247::aid-gepi7>3.0.co;2-u

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