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Article
Models of genetic susceptibility to breast cancer
One of the most important risk factors for breast cancer is family history of the disease, indicating that genetic factors are important determinants of breast cancer risk. A number of breast cancer susceptibi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Genetics of Testicular Germ Cell Tumours
Testicular Germ Cell Tumours (TGCT) affect 1 in 400 men in the UK. Two per cent of TGCT cases report another affected family member. The familial relative risk is estimated to be 8–10 fold for brothers of case...
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Chapter
The genetic epidemiology of ovarian cancer
Anecdotal evidence for familial clustering of ovarian cancer dates back many years, ovarian tumours occurring in more than one member of the same family being reported as early as 1877 [1]. Since then a number...