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Oct 8, 2019 · Our findings suggest that having FH of cancer is associated with an increased risk of several concordant cancer incidences in an Asian population. Enquiring about FH of several types of cancer may be important in identifying groups at high-risk of those cancers.
- Akihisa Hidaka, Norie Sawada, Thomas Svensson, Atsushi Goto, Taiki Yamaji, Taichi Shimazu, Motoki Iw...
- 2020
Apr 17, 2013 · Epidemiologists have used family history (FH), usually of first-degree relatives (FDRs), as a marker for genetic risk, knowing that FH reflects the consequences of genetic susceptibilities, shared environment, and common behaviors.
- F. Turati, V. Edefonti, C. Bosetti, M. Ferraroni, M. Malvezzi, M. Malvezzi, S. Franceschi, R. Talami...
- 2013
Aug 13, 2012 · Family history is often referred to as a family tree in casual everyday conservations, but it carries a different connotation in medicine. This study is the first to investigate people's understanding of ‘family medical history’ and the concept of ‘family’ in the context of inherited cancer.
- Jennifer N. W. Lim, Jenny Hewison
- 2014
May 1, 2005 · Identifying patients at increased cancer risk because of family cancer history and/or hereditary cancer syndromes begins by obtaining an accurate detailed family history to determine cancer risk. Family history is best assessed via construction of a pedigree that includes at least 3 generations.
- Margaret M. Eberl, Annette Y. Sunga, Carolyn D. Farrell, Martin C. Mahoney
- 2005
Having a family history of cancer is not an independent risk factor of CUP. 1 INTRODUCTION. Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) refers to the presence of metastatic lesions in a patient without an identifiable primary site (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2010 ). Globally, CUP incidence has been decreasing.
A family history of cancer. Most people who have relatives with cancer will not have inherited a faulty gene. Cancer mostly occurs in older people. It is a common disease. 1 in 2 people in the UK (50%) born after 1960 will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime.
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Life expectancy (LE) and years of life lost (YLL) of all cancer patients with respect to the age-matched cancer-free population at specific time points after diagnosis (0, 1, 5, 10, and 15 years) by sex and age at diagnosis.
