Association of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with cancers in family members

Children whose twins have had leukaemia have a higher risk of contracting acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), confirming a prenatal origin of the disease. This association was not true when considering other types of affected first-degree relatives. Children whose fathers were diagnosed with testic...

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Autores principales: Couto, E, Chen, B, Hemminki, K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2005
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2361521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16288301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602867
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Sumario:Children whose twins have had leukaemia have a higher risk of contracting acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), confirming a prenatal origin of the disease. This association was not true when considering other types of affected first-degree relatives. Children whose fathers were diagnosed with testicular cancer have a higher risk of ALL.

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