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

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-283

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

^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; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE;

ADULT; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030060104     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960126)65:3<275::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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