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Familial gastrointestinal carcinoid tumours and associated cancers.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 May 2009
Hiripi E, Bermejo J Lorenzo, Sundquist J, Hemminki K
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BACKGROUND: Carcinoid tumours are neuroendocrine neoplasms mainly located in the gastrointestinal tract and bronchopulmonary system. Our study's aim was to characterise the familial nature of gastrointestinal carcinoid tumours using the Swedish Family-Cancer Database, which includes >11.5 million individuals. METHODS: Familial relative risks (RRs) of carcinoid tumours were estimated for individuals with family...
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