Married couples and cancer.
The occurrence of cancer in 46 couples related only by marriage and treated in a regional hospital is reported. Twenty-four pairs had tumors of the same histopathologic type. Three couples had the same tumors with similar histology: brain (astrocytoma), urinary bladder (transitional cell carcinoma), and lung (adenocarcinoma). The possible significance of environmental, nutritional, and contamination factors are emphasized, although this is a probably coincidental phenomenon.
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Department of Oncology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies