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Linking population-based registries to identify familial cancer risk in childhood cancer.
Cancer - 1 Jul 2020
Madanat-Harjuoja Laura-Maria, Pitkäniemi Janne, Hirvonen Elli, Malila Nea, Diller Lisa R
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BACKGROUND: Linked population-based registries provide a unique source for identification of new family cancer syndromes and for elucidating risk of early-onset cancer in close relatives of cancer patients. METHODS: Using the Finnish Cancer Registry, we identified 9078 probands who had been diagnosed with cancer at <21 years of age between 1970 and 2012. Siblings, offspring, parents, nephews, and nieces of...
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