Sentence examples for relative affected from inspiring English sources

One had a single second-degree relative affected with breast cancer, and the other four had at least one first-degree relative affected with one of the cancers thought to be associated with BRCA2 (breast, prostate or pancreas).

Furthermore, 173/1773 (9.8%) patients had only one first-degree relative affected by NPC and 34/1773 (1.9%) had at least two affected first-degree family members.

Family psychiatric history was collected throughout a structured interview [ 32] and scored as follows: 0 = no first or second degree relative affected by mood disorders; 1 = one to three second degree affected relatives; 2 = one affected first degree relative or more than three second degree affected relatives; 3 = more than one affected first degree relative.

The criteria for moderate risk are: 1) one first degree relative affected by colorectal cancer when aged <45 years old; or 2) two affected first degree relatives with one aged <55 years old; or 3) three affected relatives with colorectal or endometrial cancer, who are first degree relatives of each other and one a first degree relative of the consultant.

The American Cancer Society recommends women with a relative affected by breast cancer before 50 years, with two or more relatives affected by breast cancer and with a relative affected by two independent breast cancers to start 10 years earlier than average-risk women, or 5 10 years earlier than the youngest patient in the family (Smith et al, 2003).

Around 20% of medical students in the UK are thought to have personally suffered from serious injury or illness in the past three years, and a further 40% are thought to have a close friend or relative affected by injury, illness or death in the same time period.

The term relative affecting (n), (u), and (pr) indicates the beta-difference of these variables in region (i) with respect to the national average.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether atopic disorders in the individual or in a first-degree relative affect the risk of developing schizophrenia.

Risk increases with the number of first-degree relatives affected and with decreasing age at onset of the affected family members [ 4].

Probands from these negative families displayed the following inclusion criteria: a) families with at least three affected members ('high-risk family set', N=42), (b) families with two first-degree relatives affected with confirmed melanoma (N=102), (c) families with two second degree relatives affected with confirmed melanoma (N=23).

Among other anxious relatives affected by the attack, the "Missing" ritual spread swiftly.