Cancer mortality in relatives of women with ovarian cancer: The OPCS study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 284-294

  Easton, Douglas F ^a,c   Matthews, Fiona E ^a   Ford, Deborah ^a   Swerdlow, Anthony J ^b   Peto, Julian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030044822     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960126)65:3<284::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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