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Sex- and kindred-specific familial risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Nov 2007
Czene Kamila, Adami Hans-Olov, Chang Ellen T
Abstract excerpt
A family history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) confers increased risk of NHL, but it is unknown whether the excess risk in males and females varies by the sex or kinship of the affected relative. We linked nationwide Swedish registries to identify parents and siblings of NHL patients who developed NHL between January 1, 1961 and December 31, 2002. In males, parental risks were approximately the same from...
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