Cancer Detection and Prevention

New Cancer Detection and Prevention Findings from German Cancer Research Center Described

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 24th, 2012

2012 JAN 24 -- "Incidence of cancer of unknown primary (CUP) varies globally, and environmental factors are suspected to be related to its development. Immigrant studies offer insights into disease etiology, but no studies have been published on CUP," scientists in Heidelberg, Germany report.

"We investigated CUP risk in immigrants to Sweden to search for etiological clues. The nationwide Swedish Family Cancer Database was used to calculate standardized incidence ratios for CUP in the first-generation immigrants compared with native Swedes from 1958 to 2008. A total of 2340 patients with CUP were identified among immigrants during a follow-up of 23 million...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2012-01-24)

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