Using Norwegian cancer registry data we study twin and non-twin siblings to decompose variation in cancer at most … common sites and cancer mortality into a genetic, shared environment and individual (unshared environmental) component … relatively more of the variation in cancer at most common cancer sites (but lung and skin cancer) and cancer mortality. The vast …

There exists a strong educational gradient in cancer risk, which has been documented in a wide range of populations …. Yet relatively little is known about the extent to which education is causally linked to cancer incidence and mortality … reform on various cancer outcomes. Our main finding is that education has little if any impact on cancer risk. This holds for …

a supplemental indicator of successful treatment of serious diseases. Utilizing rich register based data on cancer …