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Effect of a detailed family history of melanoma on risk for other tumors: a cohort study based on the nationwide Swedish Family-Cancer Database.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Apr 2014
Chen Tianhui, Fallah Mahdi, Kharazmi Elham, Ji Jianguang, Sundquist Kristina, Hemminki Kari
Abstract excerpt
Using the Swedish Family-Cancer Database, we assessed the effect of a detailed family history of melanoma on risk for other tumors (other than melanoma). Among 248,011 individuals with a family history of melanoma, 43,931 other tumors were diagnosed from 1958 to 2010. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated for other tumors in patients who had a family history of melanoma, as compared with those...
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