Site-specific familial aggregation and evidence supporting Mendelian codominant inheritance have been shown in lung cancer. In characterizing lung cancer families, a number of other cancers have been observed. The current study evaluates whether first-degree relatives of early onset lung cancer case
EARLY AGE OF ONSET AND FAMILIAL BREAST CANCER
β Scribed by Lynch, HenryT.; Harris, RandallE.; Guirgis, HodaA.; Lynch, PatrickM.; Maloney, Kathy; Rankin, Laurie; Lynch, Jane
- Book ID
- 121941960
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 324 KB
- Volume
- 308
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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