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Families with both Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma in their pedigrees.
Clinical advances in hematology & oncology : H&O - 1 Apr 2015
Wiernik Peter H, Wickramasinghe Dona, Dutcher Janice P
Abstract excerpt
Reports of familial clustering of hematologic malignancies have appeared for decades, but the cause of this uncommon observation is still unknown. Most modern investigations support a genetic rather than an environmental explanation. Clinically, most pedigrees of families with familial hematologic malignancies demonstrate age of onset anticipation (ie, diagnosis at an earlier age in successive generations). The...
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