The inherited component of cancer

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 527-535

  Easton, D F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLON CARCINOMA; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0028075263     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072908     Document Type: Article

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