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Familial carcinoid tumors and subsequent cancers: a nation-wide epidemiologic study from Sweden.
International journal of cancer - 1 Nov 2001
Hemminki K, Li X
Abstract excerpt
Carcinoids are rare neuroendocrine tumors, mainly located in the bowel, stomach and lung. Familial risks in carcinoid tumours are not well known apart from multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 (MEN1). We used the nation-wide Swedish Family-Cancer Database on 10.1 million individuals for assessment. Carcinoid tumors were retrieved from the Cancer Registry covering the years 1958-1998. The offspring generation, aged 0-66...
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