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Evaluation of Cancer Risk Factors in a Retirement Community¹

University of Southern California School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Los Angeles, California 90033

A mail questionnaire was distributed to residents of a retirement community as part of a study of factors associated with cancer risk in the elderly. Maternal and paternal age and birth order were not associated with increased risk. With the exception of a positive association between heart disease and prostate cancer, there was no association between a personal or familial history of allergy, diabetes, and heart disease and risk to the cancers studied. There was a familial risk associated with skin, colon, and breast cancer. A study of spouse cancer indicated that the familial risk of skin and colon cancer was related to environmental factors, whereas the risk to breast cancer appeared to be primarily genetic.

¹ Supported by Contract PH43-NCI-68-1030 within the Virus Cancer Program of the National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Md. 20014.

Received 11/ 5/73. Accepted 2/ 7/74.

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