[Familial-populational studies of endometrial cancer: segregation and genetic dispersion analyses].

Article

[Familial-populational studies of endometrial cancer: segregation and genetic dispersion analyses].

Voprosy onkologii - 1 Jan 1992

Boĭko Iu V, Ganina K P, Kolesnik Ia F, Nesina I P, Nefedov M D, Polishchuk L Z

Abstract excerpt

A clinico-genealogic investigation was carried out in 216 patients with endometrial cancer. Familial accumulation of endometrial and other cancer incidence was established. The segregation rates appeared to be lower than those expected from simple Mendelian models (2-11%). A multifactorial nature...

Topics

Adult
Endometrial Neoplasms
Female
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms
Phenotype
Risk Factors
Ukraine

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