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Aggregation of cancer in first-degree relatives of patients with glioma.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Nov 2007
Scheurer Michael E, Etzel Carol J, Liu Mei, El-Zein Randa, Airewele Gladstone E, Malmer Beatrice, Aldape Kenneth D, Weinberg Jeffrey S, Yung W K Alfred, Bondy Melissa L
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have been inconclusive in estimating the risk of different cancer sites among close relatives of glioma patients; however, malignant melanoma has consistently been described. METHODS: We obtained family history information from 1,476 glioma patients under age 75 years who registered at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center between June 1992 and June 2006. The number of observed cancers...
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