cancer family


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cancer family

n.
A group of blood relatives in which cancer has occurred. The cause may be genetic, as in familial cancer, or common exposure to a carcinogenic or oncogenic agent.
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"Evie's young friends and our cancer family have been a constant.
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Breast cancer family history increases the risk by 80% when in first-degree relatives, threefold if in two first-degree cases and fourfold if in three or more relatives (8).
Factors associated with gestational breast cancer: case-control study
Building the cancer family: Family planning in the context of inherited breast and ovarian cancer risk.
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An Australian Colon Cancer Family Registry study estimated the 10-year gastric and hepatobiliary cancer risk to be 1% (95% CI: 0.2%-2%), with an SIR of 5.65 (95% CI: 2.32-9.69) (5).
Low yield of gastroscopy in patients with Lynch syndrome
The Kickin' Cancer family fun day takes place tomorrow at Alnmouth and Lesbury Cricket Club, Lesbury, Northumberland.
Sports stars set to help to put the boot into cancer
Vicky Inglis, Solving Kids' Cancer family coordinator, said: "The team at Solving Kids' Cancer have been astounded by the success of Mia's fundraising campaign in such a short space of time.
EVERYTHING SET FOR MIA'S TRIP
'As every one of my fellow cancer family knows, the next five years is crucial,' she captioned.
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He is also past President of ProSeniors Inc., board of Trustees and past President of Cancer Family Care, board of Trustees.
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"As every single one of my fellow cancer family knows, the next five years is crucial.
Cancer fight Shannon wins major battle
Director of the Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Family Registry at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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No existe una definicion de esta entidad que haya sido aceptada de forma generalizada, aunque grupos como el National Comprehensive Cancer Network (4), Health Maintenance Organizations (5), UK Cancer Family Study Group (6), o la Seccion de Cancer Hereditario de la SEOM (7) entre otros, han publicado diferentes criterios diagnosticos.
Cancer de mama y ovario hereditario: consejo genetico, seguimiento y reduccion del riesgo
The number of exposed cases was small, making the following risk estimates unstable: none, low (> 8.75 days), high (> 8.75 days), RR without prostate cancer family history 1.0, 0.98 (0.71-1.35), and 0.78 (0.56-1.08), p-trend 0.15, and with a family history, 1.0, 2.06 (1.25-3.38), and 1.36 (0.81-2.26), p-trend 0.04, p-interaction 0.009.
Coumaphos exposure and incident cancer among male participants in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS)
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