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Family history of cancer in first-degree relatives and risk of gastric cancer and its precursors in a Western population.
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association - 1 Sept 2018
Song Minkyo, Camargo M Constanza, Weinstein Stephanie J, Best Ana F, Männistö Satu, Albanes Demetrius, Rabkin Charles S
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BACKGROUND: Family history may inform risks of gastric cancer and preneoplastic lesions. METHODS: We examined associations with history of cancer in first-degree relatives for 307 incident gastric cancer cases among 20,720 male smokers in a prospective study in Finland. Cox regression was used to calculate gastric cancer hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Logistic regression was used to...
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