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  • Cancer risk among parents and siblings of patients withschizophrenia

  • Itzhak Levav, Irena Lipshitz, Ilya Novikov, Inna Pugachova, Robert Kohn, Micha Barchana, A. Ponizovsky, Haim Werner
  • Journal:
    The British Journal of Psychiatry / Volume 190 / Issue 2 / February 2007
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 January 2018, pp. 156-161
    Print publication:
    February 2007
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  • Background

    A reduced risk of cancer has been noted among people with schizophrenia. Given that genetic causes have been proposed as an explanation of this finding, one would expect that the risk of cancer among first-degree relatives would be equally reduced.

    Aims

    To investigate the risk of cancer among the biological parents and full siblings of people receiving in-patient care for schizophrenia.

    Method

    Linkage analysis was conducted between national population, psychiatric and cancer databases. Standardised incidence ratios for all cancer sites were calculated by comparing the incident rates among first-degree relatives with national incidence rates.

    Results

    A reduced cancer risk was found across all groups examined. Among parents, whose numbers were adequately large, the findings reached statistical significance. For index cases and siblings – a markedly younger population – only a trend was elicited.

    Conclusions

    The genetic hypothesis – namely, the presence of a gene with the dual effect of reducing the cancer risk and disrupting neurodevelopment – is a plausible explanation for these findings.