Cancer mortality of family members of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
A case-control study comprised 130 cases affected by chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the same number of individually matched controls, with accidental injuries as a cause of hospitalization. Matching criteria were: sex, age, type of settlement, and area of residence. Both leukemias and all cancers were more frequent among family members of cases, as compared to controls.
Radovanovic
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Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Safat, Kuwait.
Markovic-Denic
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Jankovic
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002423:Cause of Death; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology