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Family history as a co-factor for adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix: results from two studies conducted in Costa Rica and the United States.
International journal of cancer - 10 Sept 2005
Zelmanowicz Alice de M, Schiffman Mark, Herrero Rolando, Goldstein Alisa M, Sherman Mark E, Burk Robert D, Gravitt Patti, Viscidi Ray, Schwartz Peter, Barnes Willard, Mortel Rodrigue, Silverberg Steven G, Buckland Julie, Hildesheim Allan
Abstract excerpt
Previous work suggests that cervical cancer may aggregate in families. We evaluated the association between a family history of gynecological tumors and risk of squamous cell and adenocarcinomas of the cervix in 2 studies conducted in Costa Rica and the United States. The Costa Rican study consisted of 2,073 women (85 diagnosed with CIN3 or cancer, 55 diagnosed with CIN2 and 1,933 controls) selected from a...
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