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Impact of colon cancer screening on family history phenotype.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 Mar 2012
Newcomb Polly A, Savu Anamaria, Phipps Amanda I, Coghill Anna E, Yasui Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: If effective cancer screening is more common in people with a family history of cancer, the relationship between family history and cancer incidence may become distorted. METHODS: To assess the impact of screening on the association between colorectal cancer family history and risk of colorectal cancer, we developed a model to simulate screening patterns in those with and without a family history....
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