TY - JOUR
T1 - Married couples and cancer
AU - Walach, Natalio
PY - 1990/5
Y1 - 1990/5
N2 - The occurrence of cancer in 46 couples related only by marriage and treated in a regional hospital is reported. Twenty‐four pairs had tumors of the same histopathologic type. Three couples had the same tumors with similar histology: brain (astrocytoma), urinary bladder (transitional cell carcinoma), and lung (adenocarcinoma). The possible significance of environmental, nutritional, and contamination factors are emphasized, although this is a probably coincidental phenomenon.
AB - The occurrence of cancer in 46 couples related only by marriage and treated in a regional hospital is reported. Twenty‐four pairs had tumors of the same histopathologic type. Three couples had the same tumors with similar histology: brain (astrocytoma), urinary bladder (transitional cell carcinoma), and lung (adenocarcinoma). The possible significance of environmental, nutritional, and contamination factors are emphasized, although this is a probably coincidental phenomenon.
KW - coincidental phenomena
KW - environmental factors
KW - histology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0025322001&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/jso.2930440114
DO - 10.1002/jso.2930440114
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AN - SCOPUS:0025322001
SN - 0022-4790
VL - 44
SP - 62
EP - 65
JO - Journal of Surgical Oncology
JF - Journal of Surgical Oncology
IS - 1
ER -
