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• December 13, 2011
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  People with a form of muscular dystrophy may have elevated cancer risk

  Posted: December 13th, 2011, 4:33pm EST

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  Adults with a form of muscular dystrophy called myotonic muscular dystrophy (MMD) may be at increased risk of developing cancer, according to a study by investigators at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.