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Familial risk for soft tissue tumors: a nation-wide epidemiological study from Sweden.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 May 2008
Ji Jianguang, Eng Charis, Hemminki Kari
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Reliable data on familial risks are important for clinical counseling and cancer genetics. However, population-based studies on familial soft tissue tumors are limited, which we will examine. METHODS: Adjusted standardized incidence ratios (SIRs), calculated from the nation-wide Swedish Family Cancer Database, were used to measure the familial risk. RESULTS: There were 17 offspring-parent pairs with...
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