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Example pedigree with significant excess of prostate cancer among Y chromosome-sharing males.
High-risk prostate cancer Y chromosome pedigree 32 (from Table I) showing only descendants leading to prostate cancer cases. Those male descendants who share the founder’s Y chromosome are marked with “+”. Only prostate cancer cases diagnosed since the Utah Cancer Registry began in 1966 are known; males in upper generations remain unknown for prostate cancer status.
