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Family history of hematologic malignancies and risk of multiple myeloma: differences by race and clinical features.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Jan 2016
VanValkenburg MaryAnn E, Pruitt Gwendolyn I, Brill Ilene K, Costa Luciano, Ehtsham Maryam, Justement Ian T, Innis-Shelton Racquel D, Salzman Donna, Reddy E Shyam P, Godby Kelly N, Mikhail Fady M, Carroll Andrew J, Reddy Vishnu B, Sanderson Ralph D, Justement Louis B, Sanders Paul W, Brown Elizabeth E
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Multiple myeloma (MM) is the most common hematologic malignancy affecting Blacks in the USA, with standardized incidence rates that are twofold to threefold higher than Whites. The rationale for the disparity is unclear. METHODS: Using participants enrolled in the Molecular And Genetic Epidemiology study of myeloma (259 MM cases; 461 controls), we examined the risk of MM associated with family history of...
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