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Evaluation of familial clustering of breast and prostate cancer in the Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study.
Cancer detection and prevention - 1 Jan 2003
Grabrick Dawn M, Cerhan James R, Vierkant Robert A, Therneau Terry M, Cheville John C, Tindall Donald J, Sellers Thomas A
Abstract excerpt
Few studies examining familial clustering of breast and prostate cancer (PC) have focused on a clearly defined high-risk population with epidemiologic risk factors. We conducted a cohort study of prostate cancer among a subset of 426 families ascertained through female breast cancer probands. Three groups of males were included: 804 relatives in 60 families with four or more breast or ovarian cancers, 536...
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