© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 6, 462-463,
March 20, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Re: Familial Multiple Myeloma: a Family Study and Review of the Literature
Correspondence to: Kari Hemminki, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institute, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden (e-mail: Kari.Hemminki@cnt.ki.se).
Dr. Lynch and coworkers (1) described a family with several cases of multiple myeloma (MM) and other malignancies. As they pointed out, the etiology of MM remains obscure and the reviewed literature consists mainly of case reports from affected families, which do not allow a reliable estimation of familial risks for this neoplasm. Their review did not include
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