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Family history of colorectal cancer in Iran.
BMC cancer - 5 Sept 2005
Mahdavinia Mahboobeh, Bishehsari Faraz, Ansari Reza, Norouzbeigi Nasim, Khaleghinejad Ahmad, Hormazdi Mahshid, Rakhshani Naser, Malekzadeh Reza
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous reports show a high proportion of young CRC patients in Iran. In this study we aim to look for the clustering of colorectal cancer in families of a series of CRC patients from Iran. METHODS: The family history of cancer is traced in 449 CRC patients of which 112 were 45 yrs or younger and 337 were older than 45 yrs at time of diagnosis. The patients were admitted in two hospitals in Tehran,...
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