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Family cancer history and susceptibility to oral carcinoma in Puerto Rico.
Cancer - 15 Oct 2001
Brown L M, Gridley G, Diehl S R, Winn D M, Harty L C, Otero E B, Fraumeni J F, Hayes R B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Use of alcohol and tobacco are the major risk factors for cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx in most of the world. A heritable component to oral carcinoma risk also has been suggested, although only limited data are available on familial aggregation of this disease. METHODS: A population-based case-control study of 342 subjects with carcinomas of the oral cavity and pharynx (oral carcinoma) and...
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