Genetic link to cervical tumours (original) (raw)
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Abstract
Cervical cancer is strongly associated with infection by oncogenic types of human papilloma virus (HPV). But only a small fraction of those infected develop cancer, indicating that other factors contribute to the progression to cervical cancer. We have compared incidence of the disease in relatives of cases of cervical tumour and controls, and find a significant familial clustering among biological, but not adoptive, relatives. We find no difference in the risk to siblings who have a mother or father in common, so the clustering cannot be explained by vertical transmission of HPV from mother to child. These results provide epidemiological evidence of a genetic predisposition to cervical cancer.
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Figure 1: Relative risk of cervical tumour (and 95% exact confidence interval) for relatives of cases.
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Patrik K. E. Magnusson & Ulf B. Gyllensten - University of Uppsala, Uppsala, S-751 23, Sweden
Patrik K. E. Magnusson & Ulf B. Gyllensten - Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Box 281, Stockholm, S-171 77, Sweden
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Magnusson, P., Sparén, P. & Gyllensten, U. Genetic link to cervical tumours.Nature 400, 29–30 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/21801
- Issue Date: 01 July 1999
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/21801