In families of ovarian cancer patients, breast cancer in females and colorectal cancers in males are overrepresented

A detailed tumour-related family history was obtained from 30 women with histologically verified epithelial ovarian carcinomas. 46% of the anamnestic tumour diagnoses were also verified by obtaining copies of histology reports. Breast cancer was overrepresented among the female relatives and colorec...

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Published inGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde Vol. 47; no. 7; p. 460
Main Authors Weber, W, Almendral, A C, Buser, M, Gencikova, A, Gencik, A, Ludwig, H, Obrecht, J P, Torhorst, J, Müller, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.07.1987
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Breast Neoplasms - genetics
Colonic Neoplasms - genetics
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Ovarian Neoplasms - genetics
Pedigree
Rectal Neoplasms - genetics
Risk
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Summary:A detailed tumour-related family history was obtained from 30 women with histologically verified epithelial ovarian carcinomas. 46% of the anamnestic tumour diagnoses were also verified by obtaining copies of histology reports. Breast cancer was overrepresented among the female relatives and colorectal cancer among the male relatives. This study demonstrates that persons at high cancer risk as well as tumour-prone families of interest for aetiological cancer research can be identified by the simple method of obtaining a family history.
ISSN:0016-5751