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Familial Risk and Heritability of Cancer Among Twins in Nordic Countries by Mucci, Lorelei A, Hjelmborg, Jacob B, Harris, Jennifer R, Czene, Kamila, Havelick, David J, Scheike, Thomas, Graff, Rebecca E, Holst, Klaus, Möller, Sören, Unger, Robert H, McIntosh, Christina, Nuttall, Elizabeth, Brandt, Ingunn, Penney, Kathryn L, Hartman, Mikael, Kraft, Peter, Parmigiani, Giovanni, Christensen, Kaare, Koskenvuo, Markku, Holm, Niels V, Heikkilä, Kauko, Pukkala, Eero, Skytthe, Axel, Adami, Hans-Olov, Kaprio, Jaakko

“…IMPORTANCE: Estimates of familial cancer risk from population-based studies are essential components of cancer risk prediction. OBJECTIVE: To estimate familial…”
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The heritability of prostate cancer in the Nordic Twin Study of Cancer by Hjelmborg, Jacob B, Scheike, Thomas, Holst, Klaus, Skytthe, Axel, Penney, Kathryn L, Graff, Rebecca E, Pukkala, Eero, Christensen, Kaare, Adami, Hans-Olov, Holm, Niels V, Nuttall, Elizabeth, Hansen, Steinbjorn, Hartman, Mikael, Czene, Kamila, Harris, Jennifer R, Kaprio, Jaakko, Mucci, Lorelei A

“…Prostate cancer is thought to be the most heritable cancer, although little is known about how this genetic contribution varies across age. To address this…”
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Prognostic Factors and Treatment Results After Bleomycin, Etoposide, and Cisplatin in Germ Cell Cancer: A Population-based Study by Kier, Maria G, Lauritsen, Jakob, Mortensen, Mette S, Bandak, Mikkel, Andersen, Klaus K, Hansen, Merete K, Agerbaek, Mads, Holm, Niels V, Dalton, Susanne O, Johansen, Christoffer, Daugaard, Gedske

“…Abstract Background First-line treatment for patients with disseminated germ cell cancer (GCC) is bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP). A prognostic…”
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The Danish Twin Registry: Linking Surveys, National Registers, and Biological Information by Skytthe, Axel, Christiansen, Lene, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Bødker, Frans L., Hvidberg, Lars, Petersen, Inge, Nielsen, Morten M. F., Bingley, Paul, Hjelmborg, Jacob, Tan, Qihua, Holm, Niels V., Vaupel, James W., McGue, Matt, Christensen, Kaare

“…Over the last 60 years, the resources and the research in the Danish Twin Registry (DTR) have periodically been summarized. Here, we give a short overview of…”
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Biodemographic Trajectories of Longevity by Vaupel, James W., Carey, James R., Christensen, Kaare, Johnson, Thomas E., Yashin, Anatoli I., Holm, Niels V., Iachine, Ivan A., Kannisto, Väinö, Khazaeli, Aziz A., Liedo, Pablo, Longo, Valter D., Zeng, Yi, Manton, Kenneth G., Curtsinger, James W.

“…Old-age survival has increased substantially since 1950. Death rates decelerate with age for insects, worms, and yeast, as well as humans. This evidence of…”
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The Danish Twin Registry: An Updated Overview by Pedersen, Dorthe Almind, Larsen, Lisbeth Aagaard, Nygaard, Marianne, Mengel-From, Jonas, McGue, Matt, Dalgård, Christine, Hvidberg, Lars, Hjelmborg, Jacob, Skytthe, Axel, Holm, Niels V, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Christensen, Kaare

“…The Danish Twin Registry (DTR) was established in the 1950s, when twins born from 1870 to 1910 were ascertained, and has since been extended to include twins…”
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Sexual Function in a Nationwide Cohort of 2,260 Survivors of Testicular Cancer after 17 Years of Followup by Bandak, Mikkel, Lauritsen, Jakob, Johansen, Christoffer, Kreiberg, Michael, Skøtt, Julie Wang, Agerbaek, Mads, Holm, Niels V., Daugaard, Gedske

“…Evidence on the long-term impact of testicular cancer treatment on sexual function is not clear. Our aim was to estimate the effect of testicular cancer…”
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The Heritability of Breast Cancer among Women in the Nordic Twin Study of Cancer by Möller, Sören, Mucci, Lorelei A, Harris, Jennifer R, Scheike, Thomas, Holst, Klaus, Halekoh, Ulrich, Adami, Hans-Olov, Czene, Kamila, Christensen, Kaare, Holm, Niels V, Pukkala, Eero, Skytthe, Axel, Kaprio, Jaakko, Hjelmborg, Jacob B

“…Family history is an established risk factor for breast cancer. Although some important genetic factors have been identified, the extent to which familial risk…”
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Surveillance versus adjuvant radiotherapy for patients with high‐risk stage I seminoma by Mortensen, Mette S., Bandak, Mikkel, Kier, Maria G. G., Lauritsen, Jakob, Agerbæk, Mads, Holm, Niels V., von der Maase, Hans, Daugaard, Gedske

“…BACKGROUND The optimal treatment strategy for patients with clinical stage I (CS‐1) seminoma is controversial. The objective of the current study was to…”
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Germ Cell Cancer and Multiple Relapses: Toxicity and Survival by Lauritsen, Jakob, Kier, Maria G G, Mortensen, Mette S, Bandak, Mikkel, Gupta, Ramneek, Holm, Niels V, Agerbaek, Mads, Daugaard, Gedske

“…A small number of patients with germ cell cancer (GCC) receive more than one line of treatment for disseminated disease. The purpose of this study was to…”
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Environmental and Heritable Factors in the Causation of Cancer — Analyses of Cohorts of Twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland by Lichtenstein, Paul, Holm, Niels V, Verkasalo, Pia K, Iliadou, Anastasia, Kaprio, Jaakko, Koskenvuo, Markku, Pukkala, Eero, Skytthe, Axel, Hemminki, Kari

“…Except for certain types of familial cancer, such as adenomatous polyposis coli, the contribution of hereditary factors to the development of cancer is thought…”
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Psychological stress in long-term testicular cancer survivors: a Danish nationwide cohort study by Kreiberg, Michael, Bandak, Mikkel, Lauritsen, Jakob, Andersen, Klaus Kaae, Skøtt, Julie Wang, Johansen, Christoffer, Agerbaek, Mads, Holm, Niels V., Lau, Cathrine Juel, Daugaard, Gedske

“…Purpose Long-term cancer survivors may develop psychological late effects. The aim of the present study was to determine prevalence of high level of stress in…”
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Second Malignant Neoplasms and Cause of Death in Patients With Germ Cell Cancer: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study by Kier, Maria G, Hansen, Merete K, Lauritsen, Jakob, Mortensen, Mette S, Bandak, Mikkel, Agerbaek, Mads, Holm, Niels V, Dalton, Susanne O, Andersen, Klaus K, Johansen, Christoffer, Daugaard, Gedske

“…Patients given systemic treatment for testicular germ cell cancer (GCC) are at increased risk for a second malignant neoplasm (SMN). Previous studies on SMN…”
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Cancer Incidence and Mortality in 260,000 Nordic Twins With 30,000 Prospective Cancers by Skytthe, Axel, Harris, Jennifer R., Czene, Kamila, Mucci, Lorelei, Adami, Hans-Olov, Christensen, Kaare, Hjelmborg, Jacob, Holm, Niels V., Nilsen, Thomas S., Kaprio, Jaakko, Pukkala, Eero

“…The Nordic countries have comprehensive, population-based health and medical registries linkable on individually unique personal identity codes, enabling…”
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Sexual Function and Quality of Life in a National Cohort of Survivors of Bilateral Testicular Cancer by Bandak, Mikkel, Lauritsen, Jakob, Johansen, Christoffer, Kreiberg, Michael, Skøtt, Julie Wang, Agerbaek, Mads, Holm, Niels V., Daugaard, Gedske

“…Sexual function and quality of life remain unexplored among long-term survivors of bilateral testicular cancer (TC). To investigate sexual function, fatigue,…”
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Register-based research on twins by Christensen, Kaare, Ohm Kyvik, Kirsten, Holm, Niels V, Skytthe, Axel

“…Introduction: The Danish Twin Registry (DTR) has for more than 50 years been based on surveys and clinical investigations and over the two last decades also on…”
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Trends in tumors in the central nervous system in elderly in Denmark, 2008-2012 by Dahlrot, Rikke H, Poulsen, Frantz R, Nguyen, Nina N T T, Kristensen, Bjarne W, Hansen, Steinbjørn, Holm, Niels V

“…Tumors in the central nervous system (CNS) comprise a heterogeneous group of tumors with different treatment strategies and prognoses. Current treatment…”
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Cancer and longevity--is there a trade-off? A study of cooccurrence in Danish twin pairs born 1900-1918 by Christensen, Kaare, Pedersen, Jacob K, Hjelmborg, Jacob V B, Vaupel, James W, Stevnsner, Tinna, Holm, Niels V, Skytthe, Axel

“…Animal models and a few human studies have suggested a complex interaction between cancer risk and longevity indicating a trade-off where low cancer risk is…”
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The heritability of human longevity : a population-based study of 2872 Danish twin pairs born 1870-1900 by HERSKIND, A. M, MCGUE, M, HOLM, N. V, SORENSEN, T. I. A, HARVALD, B, VAUPEL, J. W

“…The aim of this study was to explore, in a large and non-censored twin cohort, the nature (i.e., additive versus non-additive) and magnitude (i.e.,…”
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Relative importance of genetic effects in rheumatoid arthritis: historical cohort study of Danish nationwide twin population by Svendsen, Anders J, Holm, Niels V, Kyvik, Kirsten, Petersen, Per Hyltoft, Junker, Peter

“…Abstract Objective: To determine the relative importance of environmental and genetic effects in the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Design: Historical…”
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