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Heredity and prostate cancer: A study of World War II veteran twins

1 Dec 1997

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BACKGROUND: Increased risk of prostate cancer among men with a family history of the disease has been observed in several epidemiological studies, and family studies have identified hereditary prostate cancer characterized by early onset and autosomal dominant inheritance. METHODS: In this study, we examine prostate cancer heritability among twins in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry, with cases ascertained from a number...

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PMID: 9397195
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0045(19971201)33:4<240::aid-pros3>3.0.co;2-l

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