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Common cancers share familial susceptibility: implications for cancer genetics and counselling

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  • Hongyao Yu Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christoph Frank Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jan Sundquist Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Akseli Hemminki Cancer Gene Therapy Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kari Hemminki Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Hongyao Yu, Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany; h.yu{at}dkfz.de
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Yu H, Frank C, Sundquist J, et al
Common cancers share familial susceptibility: implications for cancer genetics and counselling
Journal of Medical Genetics 2017;54:248-253.

Publication history

  • Received March 30, 2016
  • Revised August 29, 2016
  • Accepted August 30, 2016
  • First published September 20, 2016.
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March 22, 2017

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