## Abstract The aim of this study was to characterize the familial risk of colon and rectal cancer using 2 populationβbased registries in Iceland, the Icelandic Cancer Registry and a genealogy database. The standardized incidence ratio (SIR) was used to estimate the risk among relatives of colorect
Familial risk for colon and rectal cancers
β Scribed by Kari Hemminki; Bowang Chen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 111
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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