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Cancer in first degree relatives of Latin American women with cervical cancer. A pilot study.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Weber Walter, De Sabata Maria Stella, Paredes Rosa M M, Rodriguez Guillermo, Santos Carlos, Sabillon Jorge Umanzor, Zwahlen Marcel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the most frequent cancer of women in Latin America, being strongly associated with infection by certain human papillomavirus (HPV) types. Familial cancer clustering can be due to interactions between infectious agents and host genes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cancer-related family history of first degree relatives was elicited in 335 women with invasive cervical cancer (probands) and...
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