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Wilms' tumour and parental age: a report from the National Wilms' Tumour Study.
British journal of cancer - 1 Apr 1993
Olson J M, Breslow N E, Beckwith J B
Abstract excerpt
Age distributions of parents at birth of patients registered in the National Wilms' Tumour Study were compared to those of the general population. An increasing incidence of sporadic Wilms' tumour with increasing paternal age was found, with a relative risk of 2.1 of tumour in children of fathers over 55 compared to children of fathers younger than 20. A similar effect for maternal age was found, with a relative...
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