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[Ten years national research project "familial prostate cancer": problems in identifying risk families].
Der Urologe. Ausg. A - 1 Jul 2011
Herkommer K, Schmidt C, Gschwend J E
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BACKGROUND: The German national research project"familial prostate cancer" has been recruiting prostate cancer patients nationwide since 1999. In 2009, a comprehensive data analysis of the 25,065 families recruited was performed. Of these, 77.4% were identified as sporadic, 20.0% as familial and 2.6% as hereditary cases of prostate cancer. However, obtaining comprehensive, validated information about all...
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