Familial risk and cancer control
- 9 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 236 (6) , 582-584
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.236.6.582
Abstract
An intensive study of the family history of cancer in 4,515 patients screened consecutively by a multiphasic mobile cancer detection unit showed, after age correction, that cancer had developed in 8.9% of the probands when there was one cancer in a single first-degree relative, 16.2% had cancer with two family members affected, and 27.4% had cancer when three or more family members had been affected. This constituted a significant correlation between family and personal histories of cancer in these patients. Extrapolation to the United States population with cancer-control implications are given. (JAMA236:582-584, 1976)This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: