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Epidemiologic research on the genetic risk factors in gastric and colorectal cancer.
Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie - 1 Jan 2000
Drăghicescu T, Roman I C, Păltănea L
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This study is aimed to evaluate the hereditary risk factors in colorectal and gastric cancer, using the case-control method. The 21% heritability in gastric cancer (GC) and the 30% heritability in colorectal (CRC), serve as evidence for the higher involvement of hereditary factors in CRC. These findings are in line with some literature data regarding CRC, but at the same time they emphasize the increased...
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