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Cancer susceptibility in nasopharyngeal carcinoma families--a population-based cohort study.
Cancer research - 15 Sept 2005
Friborg Jeppe, Wohlfahrt Jan, Koch Anders, Storm Hans, Olsen Ove R, Melbye Mads
Abstract excerpt
Undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a result of environmental factors, in particular EBV infection, affecting genetically susceptible individuals. The familial risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is among the highest of any malignancy. Whether this susceptibility is restricted to nasopharyngeal carcinoma is unknown as information on the risk of other cancers in relatives is limited. We did a...
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