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The impact of family history on early detection of prostate cancer

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    Steven A. Narod

  2. Endocrine Research Clinic and MRC Group in Molecular Endocrinology, CHUL Research Center and Laval University, 2705 boul Laurier, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada, G1V 4G2

    André Dupont, Lionel Cusan, Pierre Diamond, José-Luis Gomez, Raul Suburu & Fernand Labrie

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Narod, S., Dupont, A., Cusan, L. et al. The impact of family history on early detection of prostate cancer. Nat Med 1, 99–101 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0295-99

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