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The relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors to cancer risk and cancer mortality in Norway

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Using Norwegian cancer registry data we study twin and non-twin siblings to decompose variation in cancer at most common sites and cancer mortality into a genetic, shared environment and individual (unshared environmental) component. Regardless the source of sibling variation, our findings indicate that genes dominate over shared environment in explaining relatively more of the variation in cancer at most common cancer sites (but lung and skin cancer) and cancer mortality. The vast majority of the variation in cancer and cancer mortality, however, is explained by individual (unshared environmental) factors.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 776

Classification
Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
Subject
Cancer
Twins
Heritability
Environment

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Leuven, Edwin
Plug, Erik
Rønning, Marte
Event
Veröffentlichung
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Statistics Norway, Research Department
(where)
Oslo
(when)
2014

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  • Leuven, Edwin
  • Plug, Erik
  • Rønning, Marte
  • Statistics Norway, Research Department

Time of origin

  • 2014

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