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MormonTimes.com: Major medical findings aided by church family history records

Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:08 a.m. MDT
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Researchers at the University of Utah are linking a genetic disposition to cancer by using family history records. Work with a mutation called attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP) indicates that individuals with this mutation have a 2 in 3 risk of colon cancer by age 80, compared to 1 in 24 for the general population.

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