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Familial transmission of prostate, breast and colorectal cancer in adoptees is related to cancer in biological but not in adoptive parents: a nationwide family study.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Sept 2014
Zöller Bengt, Li Xinjun, Sundquist Jan, Sundquist Kristina
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AIM: Familial clustering of prostate, breast and colorectal cancer is well established, but the familial risk of these cancers has not been determined among adoptees. The aim was to disentangle the contributions of genetic and environmental factors to the familial transmission of prostate, breast and colorectal cancer. METHODS: The Swedish Multi-Generation Register was used to follow all adoptees born between...
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