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Family history of cancer and risk of second malignancies in young cancer patients in Trieste, Italy.
International journal of cancer - 10 Jul 2005
Brunetti Davide, Tamaro Paolo, Fanin Renato, Cavallieri Furio, Stanta Giorgio
Abstract excerpt
We carried out a cohort study in the Italian province of Trieste (2001 population, 242,000) to ascertain whether the risk of a subsequent primary cancer among 265 individuals diagnosed with a first malignancy at ages up to 25 years between 1971 and 1993 differed from that in the general population and to evaluate the effect of cancer family history, quantified by the family risk index (FRI), on the occurrence of...
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