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Twins study shows cancer could run in the family
Monday, February 29, 2016 21:35
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A recent study conducted on twins has revealed that genetics and environmental factors could play a role in determining the risk of cancer in a person. This study which is published in the Jan. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the first to provide family risk estimates for different cancers.
The lead author of the study, Lorelei Mucci, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, believes that if an identical twin is diagnosed with cancer, the risk of the other twin developing a similar or different type of cancer is high.
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