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Familial risks for colorectal cancer show evidence on recessive inheritance.
International journal of cancer - 10 Jul 2005
Hemminki Kari, Chen Bowang
Abstract excerpt
Recent molecular genetic data have become available on a recessive inheritance in colorectal cancer (CRC). We wanted to search for evidence for recessive inheritance from a population-based family data set, which is not sensitive to reporting or ascertainment bias. The nationwide Swedish Family-Cancer Database covered 10.3 million individuals whose invasive CRCs of adenocarcinoma histology were followed from 1991...
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