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Family history and the risk of prostate cancer

1 Jan 1990

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A case-control study was performed to estimate the relative risk of developing prostate cancer for men with a positive family history. Extensive cancer pedigrees were obtained on 691 men with prostate cancer and 640 spouse controls. Fifteen percent of the cases but only 8% of the controls had a father or brother affected with prostate cancer (P less than .001). Men with a father or brother affected were twice as...

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PMID: 2251225
DOI: 10.1002/pros.2990170409

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