Kidney Cancer
New kidney cancer study findings have been reported by researchers at National Cancer Institute
Published in Cancer Weekly, June 15th, 2010
Current study results from the report, 'Family history of cancer and renal cell cancer risk in Caucasians and African Americans,' have been published. "The association between renal cell carcinoma (RCC) risk and family history of cancer has not been examined with an adequate number of African Americans (AAs). In a population-based case-control study, unconditional logistic regression was used to calculate the association between RCC risk and a family history of cancer among 1217 RCC cases and 1235 controls," scientists in the United States report.
"Increased RCC risk was shown for subjects with at least one first-degree relative with kidney cancer (odds ratio=2.29; 95%...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-06-15)
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