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Survival in bladder and renal cell cancers is familial.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 May 2008
Ji Jianguang, Försti Asta, Sundquist Jan, Lenner Per, Hemminki Kari
Abstract excerpt
Having family members with cancer has been associated with increased risk for bladder and renal cell cancers, but its association with survival has not been examined. This study was an analysis of the nationwide Swedish Family-Cancer Database and revealed that survival for bladder and renal cell cancers was similar whether the cancer was familial or sporadic; however, when survival in offspring was analyzed...
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